From among the many and varied internet resources on the reading of Genesis that are actually helpful, we point to one from, of all places PBS and Bill Moyers: an interview with scientist and Christian Sir John Houghton.
We wish that we were as good at science as Houghton is at exegesis. And please, gentle readers, don't ignore him because he's a Christian environmentalist who works to combat the potential human causes of climate change. Such intemperate conclusions are incompatible with the wisdom you seek by reading this blog.
Thanks to gentle and thoughtful reader Mike for directing us to this one.
2 comments:
SWNID,
That was certainly an interesting interview--albeit rather brief. I was particularly impressed with the restraint on the part of Mr. Houghton after Moyers' "hard" question. If it were me--and thankfully it was not--I would said something along the lines of:
"The apparent conflict between the poetic nature of the Genesis account and the historical presentation of the resurrection account is simply that--an apparent conflict. Just because something is written poetically does not take away the something's historicity. There is no real dilemma, here."
Are we to hear SWNID's take on the Church of England's synod goings on, or are we to take up the tragically perilous task of forming opinions of our own?
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