Howdy friends. In this video we dive headfirst into the 2009 Science of the Physical Creation in Christian Perspective textbook. This unusual piece was sent ...
That’s because there is no “real” definition of kind. Genesis describes creating each animal and them reproducing according to their kind. So they took poetic language and tried mapping it directly into a scientific term. It’s similar to how creation had to take place in seven days because the Bible uses the word “day” which corresponds to the Hebrew word “yom” which only ever in the history of the language referred to a 24-hour period. I suppose the Bible does specify “evening and then morning” but the other description is how they tried to teach it to us.
That’s because there is no “real” definition of kind. Genesis describes creating each animal and them reproducing according to their kind. So they took poetic language and tried mapping it directly into a scientific term. It’s similar to how creation had to take place in seven days because the Bible uses the word “day” which corresponds to the Hebrew word “yom” which only ever in the history of the language referred to a 24-hour period. I suppose the Bible does specify “evening and then morning” but the other description is how they tried to teach it to us.