The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum 24/6

David,<br><br>You wrote:<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]These seemed to me to suggest (in concert with the current controversy) <span style="background-color:yellow;">that the only reason</span> anyone would reject the 24/6 position is because they 'suppress the truth in unrighteousness'.</font><hr></blockquote><p>And this is exactly where my objection to what you wrote came in. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin[/img] There is ample evidence and historical precedence to posit that "many" reject the 24/6 creation model as valid due to an attempt to reconcile the "weight" of the scientific community with Scripture. I have a high regard for Meredith Kline myself, but see no reason to dismiss out of hand the possibility that he too is under the pressure of having to defend this particular doctrine to the scientific community. There is nothing in his writing that would prove otherwise. Men of great stature in the conservative Christian community (this is why I mentioned John Frame) offer little EXEGETICAL proof for their rejection of the traditional and biblically solid 24/6 view. Yes, they offer their reasons, but from all that I have read by such men, their reasons are less than convincing, to say the least. I, for one, was not suggesting that it is Kline's, or anyone else who holds to a non-24/6 view, intention to further evolution or its related unbiblical assertions. It is very well possible that the need to try and find some semblance of continuity between the biblical account of creation and the constant barrage of the alleged "evidence" concluded by the scientific community is an unconscious one. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/shrug.gif" alt="shrug" title="shrug[/img]<br><br>My contention is that one can hold firmly and unashamedly to a 24/6 creation on EXEGETICAL grounds alone. There is nothing in the natural order that would demand one abandon or even question the doctrine.<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]Anyway, I am sorry I said anything at all.</font><hr></blockquote><p>It is unfortunate that you feel that way. Defending a man's honor is a noble and biblical thing. However, no one is attacking the "honor" of Dr. Kline but rather his erroneous view concerning creation. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin[/img]<br><br>In His Grace,