Proposition 12: Other Theories of Genesis 1
Either Go Too Far or Not Far Enough
- Your Earth Creationism (YEC). YEC advocates use lots of scientific gymnastics to defend their interpretation. With a functional view of creation, the text can be taken at face value with the need for any outhouse gymnastics.
- Old Earth Creationism (OEC). OEC does a better job of accommodating science the creation story. But, it is unnecessary. The best way to understand the text is inside its ancient context.
- Framework Hypothesis. The functional interpretation added value to this theory.
- Other Theories.
“In conclusion it should be reemphasized that all of these positions have in common that they are struggling to reconcile the scientific findings about the material cosmos with the biblical record without compromising either. They all assume that the biblical account needs to be treated as an account of material origins, and therefore that the “different” scientific account of material origins poses a threat to the credibility of the biblical account that has to be resolved. This book has proposed, instead, that Genesis 1 was never intended to offer an account of material origins and that the original author and audience did not view it that way. In fact, the material cosmos was of little significance to them when it came to questions of origins. In this view, science cannot offer an unbiblical view of material origins, because there is no biblical view of material origins aside from the very general idea that whatever happened, whenever it happened, and however it happened, God did it.”
Quote from: John H. Walton. “The Lost World of Genesis One.” Apple Books. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-lost-world-of-genesis-one/id870735215?mt=11