"Bob Felts" wrote in message
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>
> When you add the force of the verb tense (continuous action in past
> time) to your desired translation, you would have to translate it:
>
> "In the beginning (parallel to Gen 1:1, before anything was created),

God had already created His sons before this, since they all "shouted for
joy" at beholding earth's creation. (Job 38:7)

Gen. 1:1 does not refer to "before anything was created". It is simply
speaking of the creation of "the heavens and the earth". So "the beginning"
is speaking in relation to that event.

Peace to you and yours

Sarah


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Is It Unscientific to Believe in God?
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As a Christian, I used to see truth as being independent of experience.
My argument would go like this:

God reveals truth to us through the Holy scriptures. If my experience
contradicts that revelation, my experience is wrong.

If one were to base their belief of truth on experience, one could be a
relativist because all of our experiences are different. One person
could, hallucinate and imagine aliens landing on their roof, while
another could see nothing. In such a world, *both* people would be
right (relativism).

While I'm not a relativist, I have come to a somewhat different view
now. The above assumes that all individual experiences will be
different.

I now believe that when it comes to seeking spiritual truths,
experiences are universal.

The thinking goes like this. There is a God-shaped hole in our hearts.
As a Christian, I believe that it is an emptiness that can only be
fulfilled through a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

Because this emptiness or longing is universal, then one can gauge
spiritual truth according to contentment, joy, and fulfillment....
specifically the filling of this God-shaped hole.

If all people were to be able to fill this hole, they would all be
Christians.

Therefore, God has given us a litmus test for His truth. That litmus
test is the fulfillment of our hearts.

Jesus says in John 10:10:
"...I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more
abundantly."

In John 4, He says:

V10 - "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you,
'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have
given you living water."

V13 - "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever
drin