tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368063802610066230.post8974961185343421904..comments2023-05-04T05:07:21.322-07:00Comments on Man With Questions: Religious and Science Harmony: Genesis 1:21-26Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02463623927983492891noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368063802610066230.post-71603828961539721992007-04-13T09:14:00.000-07:002007-04-13T09:14:00.000-07:00By the way, the idea that each day may have been a...By the way, the idea that each day may have been a different length of time makes the biblical Creation even more compatible with the theory of evolution.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463623927983492891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368063802610066230.post-34763234636820548992007-04-13T09:11:00.000-07:002007-04-13T09:11:00.000-07:00bored in vernal-The sequence of events presented i...bored in vernal-<BR/><BR/>The sequence of events presented in the temple and the scriptures are the same. The quote from Elder McConkie is his explanation as to how long the creation took. He is analyzing what the word "day" as presented in the scriptures.<BR/><BR/>"There is no revealed recitation specifying that each of the “six days” involved in the Creation was of the same duration. Our three accounts of the Creation are the Mosaic, the Abrahamic, and the one presented in the temples. Each of these stems back to the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Mosaic and Abrahamic accounts place the creative events on the same successive days. We shall follow these scriptural recitations in our analysis. The temple account, for reasons that are apparent to those familiar with its teachings, has a different division of events. It seems clear that the “six days” are one continuing period and that there is no one place where the dividing lines between the successive events must of necessity be placed."<BR/><BR/>I believe he is saying that the creation as presented in the temple presents the events in one continious period, and without time restraints. In addition to this, none of the Creation accounts say that each day, or period of time was the same length. Therefore figuring out the length of the Creation may not be accomplished through a simple formula (x=length of day; time of creation=7x).<BR/><BR/>I hope that makes sense.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463623927983492891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368063802610066230.post-67051393958771274182007-04-13T07:49:00.000-07:002007-04-13T07:49:00.000-07:00Drew, Speaking of the sequence of events of the Cr...Drew, Speaking of the sequence of events of the Creation, I've wondered ever since 1982 when Bruce R. McConkie wrote <A HREF="http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=3a04aeca0ea6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____" REL="nofollow">this article</A>, why is the order of events different in the temple account? Bruce R. says, "Our three accounts of the Creation are the Mosaic, the Abrahamic, and the one presented in the temples. Each of these stems back to the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Mosaic and Abrahamic accounts place the creative events on the same successive days. We shall follow these scriptural recitations in our analysis. The temple account, for reasons that are apparent to those familiar with its teachings, has a different division of events." He makes it sound like this should be so apparent, but to me it is not. Can you help?Bored in Vernalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14016611721544251941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368063802610066230.post-28311574903069513852007-04-12T20:30:00.000-07:002007-04-12T20:30:00.000-07:00Interesting note. The writer at the blog Spherica...Interesting note. The writer at the blog Spherical Chickens (can't remember her name) wrote an interesting piece on evolution last week. You might want to browse her posts; I liked her stance on reconciling the scientific observations with revealed doctrine.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567302987586127101noreply@blogger.com