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Originally Posted by aaaaaaaa
y did god take so long to make humans?
why did he take so long to create earth?
im rly trying hard not to sound demeaning or anything.the only place i can rly ask is online the ppl i know would have no clue what to say.
the answers u put to my questions seem conflicting to religion(idk much about religion or anything for that matter) why arent they?
When you ask why did God take so long to create earth or to make humans, you are applying your human sense of time to God, which you can't do. If you take the Bible literally, word for word, then yes, my answers are contradictory because each step in creation only took a day (if you take the Bible literally, word for word, then you're going to have some other contradictions to come to terms with as well, but that's for another conversation)
But God doesn't exist in our plane of consciousness. The day's in Genesis should be looked at more long the lines of periods of time from one step to the next, as opposed to a 24 hour day. Day one, to God, may have been a billion years, etc (and since, before genesis, and before earth existed, there would have been no such thing as a 24 hour day anyhow, so that should never have been taken literally fom the start). So why did he take so long? humans weren't created until the 6th day, so on the time scale I've presented, what's out of line
Some people I talk to believe that, to God, time is irrelevant. He exists at all times simultaneoulsly. The future and past have no meaning to him. That's how revelations can be revealed, because to God, everything has already happened. I've personally always had a problem with that belief because it takes away any possibility of me having an effect on what happens to me.
I don't think my answers are contradictory to religion. (By the way, just using the word religion is waaay too vague, they aren't all the same on these matters, but I'm assuming you're talking about Christianity) My answers aren't contradictory at all to my religion, because everyone has a personal religion that works for them. Even within a denomination, you will find differing opinions. I'm Lutheran, the people who I argue with the most about religion are also lutheran. But we don't necesssarily agree on everything, hence each of us having our own personal religion, in a way.