kafka Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 For those interested I just launched a new blog: "The Seven Days of Creation" An ongoing Scripture commentary on the seven days of creation in light of the Catholic Faith and reason. http://sevendaysofcreation.blogspot.com/ the first post explains it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 (edited) Here is commentary on [url="http://sevendaysofcreation.blogspot.com/2011/03/genesis-12-day-one.html"]Genesis 1:1[/url] and a quote from my commentary on [url="http://sevendaysofcreation.blogspot.com/2011/03/genesis-12-day-one.html"]Genesis 1:2[/url] The Spirit The Holy Spirit is sent forth from the Father and Jesus over the very young universe to guide all things to the completion and fulfillment of the seventh day. This guidance is not static and it is not separate from the Father and Jesus since together the Three Persons are One. The Father is commanding all things into existance, as Jesus is drawing all things into existance by means of His transcendent death on the Cross (John 12:32), while the Spirit is directing all things into existence toward Jesus on the Cross; and from Jesus back toward the Father (1 Corinthians 15:28) in One Pure Act of Love, which transcends and subsumes all things. Edited March 21, 2011 by kafka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Kafka, Nice blog mate! I priest I know made a blog post about a talk he gave defending polygenism and I thought of you because Ron Conte is all over the comments. [url="http://vox-nova.com/2011/02/11/moving-forward-with-polygenism/"]Moving forward with polygenism[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' timestamp='1300728982' post='2222094'] Kafka, Nice blog mate! I priest I know made a blog post about a talk he gave defending polygenism and I thought of you because Ron Conte is all over the comments. [url="http://vox-nova.com/2011/02/11/moving-forward-with-polygenism/"]Moving forward with polygenism[/url] [/quote] thanks. I'm not perfect, I have been making some minor edits as I go. But I do have a few ideas. Yeah Conte seems to have invested some of his time in the blog scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 today I made a little addition to a paragraph under the Sacred Author section in the Genesis 1:2 commentary: "The sacred author did not have a naive and erroneous view of the unfolding of the cosmos, as other people of his time may have had. The sacred author was inspired by God, i.e. given a unique charism, guiding his heart and mind to assert a reality which transcends the views of sinful and fallen human persons of his time and all times, since the reality is ultimately expressed by God with the help of the sacred author. And this in spite of what other human persons thought at the time. God made heaven and earth. And the words of God will out live the first heaven and first earth which He made:" Not everyone agrees with this view, but such is life. But I have faith in inspiration. My Genesis 1:3 commentary should be done by tonight. I am nervous about it, since I've put a lot of time, thought, and meditation into it. It is my pride and joy. God help me. I love this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 commentary on [url="http://sevendaysofcreation.blogspot.com/2011/03/genesis-13.html"]Genesis 1:3[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) commentary on [url="http://sevendaysofcreation.blogspot.com/2011/03/genesis-14.html"]Genesis 1:4[/url] this one is a little weak, but I think it is basically true. The next few should be more convincing, if not strange. I've come up with an interpretation of the Firmament which is unique, but forceful, I think. Edited March 24, 2011 by kafka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) commentary on [url="http://sevendaysofcreation.blogspot.com/2011/03/genesis-15.html"]Genesis 1:5[/url] This one turned out better than I had ever hoped for. It is the end of day one: {1:5} And he called the light, ‘Day,’ and the darknesses, ‘Night.’ And it became evening and morning, one day. I explain my understanding of what a day in the first creation account represents, and many other things! Understanding what the day represents is crucial for unlocking the depth and subtleties of the seven days of creation. This is the brutal truth. So I recommend reading this post of mine. Plus if one does not understand what a day represents, one will not be able to find where the dinosaurs are hidden. Tommorrow is the firmament!!! Edited March 25, 2011 by kafka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) tonight I also added a paragraph to the Very Young Universe section, in Genesis 1:2 near the end: From a scientific point of view the symbol of waters is a sound representation of one aspect of the very young universe. Even though the sacred author was not a scientist, God has a view to make a fitting metaphor for all times. I would add on top of this that the sacred author may have simply had a mystical experience of the very young universe and decided (under God's inspiration) to use waters as a metaphor. One aspect in a vision of very young universe may have evoked the memory of a wavy sea or lake. (More on this below) http://sevendaysofcreation.blogspot.com/2011/03/genesis-12-day-one.html it was difficult making a case for waters before I mentioned the vision theory. It was too scientific. So I added this with a pointer to the vision theory below. the symbol of the waters return on the second day, but it is much easier to explain in the new becoming. Edited March 25, 2011 by kafka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 26, 2011 Author Share Posted March 26, 2011 this was a lot of work. This interpretation may offend some scholars, but oh well. It is where I was led. . . commentary on [url="http://sevendaysofcreation.blogspot.com/2011/03/genesis-16.html"]Genesis 1:6[/url] {1:6} God also said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 (edited) commentary on [url="http://sevendaysofcreation.blogspot.com/2011/03/genesis-17.html"]Genesis 1:7[/url] {1:7} And God made a firmament, and he divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were beyond the firmament. And so it became. Edited March 27, 2011 by kafka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 Day Two Ends commentary on [url="http://sevendaysofcreation.blogspot.com/2011/03/genesis-18.html"]Genesis 1:8[/url] {1:8} And God called the firmament ‘Heaven.’ And it became evening and morning, the second day. the last two commentaries were a bit labored, but this one turned out very well. I am trying to write for everyone, just as Scripture is for everyone. Not so easy to do. This one includes a rewording and summary of verses six and seven; the naming, the human calculations of day two, as well as a couple of angles in the indirect spiritual level of meaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 (edited) commentary on [url="http://sevendaysofcreation.blogspot.com/2011/03/genesis-19.html"]Genesis 1:9[/url] {1:9} Truly God said: “Let the waters that are under heaven be gathered together into one place; and let the dry land appear.” And so it became. anyone still reading this here? Would love to hear any sort of comments, especially regards to whether or not I am being clear and more or less reasonable. I am not asking anyone to agree, but just posting here in hope of a dialogue and to share, etc. I realize I've made a quite a few grammatical errors but I am constantly editing and even adding some things as I go. Today I added a quote from Saint Gregory the Great to Gen 1:5 along with some additional comments. In any case grace and peace to all. Pray that I see this through. My projected finish date is midnight Holy Thursday. Lol! Days three to five were/are a little difficult to figure out, but I think I more or less have something reasonable. Day Four is usually what gives people trouble but I think it is a continuation and crystallization of day two. Day three I think is basically the origins of the land, water, and life. The beginnings of processes, and not much more. Edited March 29, 2011 by kafka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 (edited) [quote name='kafka' timestamp='1301376220' post='2224140'] {1:9} Truly God said: Let the waters that are under heaven be gathered together into one place; and let the dry land appear. And so it became. [/quote] The emphatic truly is added as if it would seem impossible what God said and did, to me implying that the sacred author mystically saw it. . . "It is urged that the idea of Adam's learning the history of the origin of the world in a vision was suggested by Chrysostom (P.G., LIII, 27), Severianus Gabalitus ("Or. V", P.G. LVI, 431), and Junilius Africanus ("Instit. regularia", lib. I, iii sq., in P.L. LXVIII, 17), for they taught that Moses learned the cosmogony by means of a prophetic light illuminating past, instead of future, events. Similar views concerning the origin of the Biblical cosmogony are advanced by Basil (P.G., XXIX, 5), Ambrose (P.L., XIV, 131 sqq.), Eustathius (P.L., LIII, 869), Gregory of Nyssa (P.G., XLIV, 65), Procopius (P.G., LXXXVII, 28), and other early writers." (Text of the Hexaemeron, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910) I think the vision theory is the correct way of viewing the seven days. Edited March 29, 2011 by kafka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafka Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 commentary on [url="http://sevendaysofcreation.blogspot.com/2011/03/genesis-111.html"]Genesis 1:11[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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