tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941063776453083941.post4597386474226520320..comments2013-02-11T08:07:53.472-05:00Comments on The Two Books Approach: The Relationship between Christianity, Science, and Reason: Review of meeting about Genesis 2, part 3 (of 3)Greg Reeveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032820880096965508noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941063776453083941.post-57675990169229588892009-08-03T03:57:49.425-04:002009-08-03T03:57:49.425-04:00Sorry that I haven't been back to your blog in...Sorry that I haven't been back to your blog in a few weeks. I think actually the questions raised for me are rarely the scientific ones, so I'm not much help, although your biblical work seems good to me. (You need to be reading commentaries, not Lucado books, no offense to Lucado). I think though that your questions are very good ones and believe the discussion was probably fascinating. I, on the other hand, tend to be a pretty relational being, as you know, so I ponder instead the relationships and the implications for American culture in the text and those sort of questions, having already accepted the beauty and mystery of God, his role in creation, and the validity of the scientific community's studies as well. Anyway, I don't think you're really "over-interpreting" or "eisegeting" as we theologians might say (i.e. "reading your own thoughts into the text").<br /><br />So questions for me, for example, are things like: If the crown of creation was a relationship in response to Adam's loneliness, was all not perfect in Eden until that point? And what does that say in our culture where being alone is uncomfortable at times when we often think loneliness and our emotional need for others comes from a post-Fallen state? (I'd then turn to the NT to find the answers). Anyway, it's just a Laura thing. <br /><br />I enjoyed reading your thoughts though and am glad to see you challenging yourself. Tell everyone I said, "Hello!" and that I miss reading Ezekiel commentaries and having the extra homework I assign myself:-)Laurahttp://www.laurarector.comnoreply@blogger.com