Compromise is ... Compromising.

DrJ, where do those that believe in the Framework Hypothesis interpretation of Genesis place the fossil record? I've heard a couple of different accounts. One being that they place them before Day 1 and another saying that God put them there on Day 3 when the dry land arose. Please help me further understand this compromise position so we can all better refute it. Shane

Shane, most compromisers will place the fossil record before Genesis 1:1. I really like the new Gen 1:1 rally of the main creationist community, BTW. But Gen 1:1 says plainly, "In the beginning." That clearly means that Gen 1:1 is ... the beginning! Right? Right.

Anyway Shane, one way to quickly tell a rotten theory on anything is this ... you'll see that logic and data very quickly get "in the way" of such a theory, and begin to actually bring it down in ruins rather than raise it up into the light of acceptability. Such is the way with any position that favors --and this is the kicker/acid-test -- death before sin. If it contains death, even animal death, before the Fall of Man in the Garden -- then it is heresy, plain and simple. Therefore those that teach it are become heretics. I didn't say it -- the Bible did. Amen. DrJ