Hebrew Voices #196 – Reconciling the Bible with Science: Part 1

1st time listening, Dr. Schroeder, a PhD, tells a story to the world, that sounds like a fairytale. It lowers the bar of credibility in my understanding of a well established theory. All story no evidence. This does not become a PhD’s disciplines. It reminds me of the “scIentists” who fear the corrupted heads of their institutions, just to keep their jobs. It is that bad of an environment to operate in, but not at the expense of the truth.

Just to be fair, the evidence- less theory of the beginnings of man may align with some forms of modern logic, but it is in no way answering any questions of the unanswered questions, which have been brought up as challenges from unbelievers who got a degree from uninspiring Universities.

I appreciated the distinction made between the primary number “one day” as opposed to the ordinal number “first day” in (Genesis 1:5). It is an interesting point that a primary number i.e. 1,2,3, would be used there and then ordinal numbers i.e. “one” instead of “first”, second, third, etc.

People spend a lot of time critiquing Texts which are Absolutely Impossible to be Verified or Authenticated! Since the Only True Authorities, are the Original Authors of the Text, who are not present to Verify the Authenticity of the Texts!
Dr Schroeder’s views, however interesting, should only be perceived as personal Theories, Opinions or Speculations! Along with anyone who reads the Biblical Texts, then form Theories, Opinions, Speculations, or Conclusions!
Only Yehovah knows the ABSOLUTE TRUTH!

I realize most people say that the Heavens and the Earth were Created in (7-Days) but, actually Yehovah Created the Heavens and the Earth in (6-Days) not (7-Days), then He (Rested on the Seventh Day)!
(Genesis 1:31) And Elohim saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the Evening and the Morning were the Sixth Day.
(Genesis 2:1-2)
[1] Thus the Heavens and the Earth were finished, and all the host of them. [2] And on the Seventh Day Elohim ended His work which He had made; and He Rested on the Seventh Day from all His work which He had made.

I was raised to believe in evolution without a Biblical foundation at all. I encountered the Bible and its Author in my early 20s and began to grapple with the problem of a six day creation from nothing vs. evolution. Eventually I encountered subatomic particles called quarks that apparently respond to the expectations of the perceiver. As a believer I felt it necessary to believe a six day creation but was clueless how to reconcile it with the science I was brought up with.
One day, another scientific believer invited me to a small meeting with other scientist who were also believers. I brought up quarks and asked the question: If God were the perceiver and quarks respond to the expectations of the perceiver, why would the world not have been created in six days? At that point, another woman in the room stood up and said “That is pure quantum physics.” I certainly know nothing about quantum physics, but I felt very vindicated by the Creator.

Ha! Somebody finally noticed that Gen.1:5 days “day one!” My friends think I’m crazy for saying that wording is significant. Thanks to Dr. Schroeder for showing me how. Thanks Nehemia for having him on. I’ve suffered 3 head injuries and it does affect memory – maddeningly so. Deep thinkers seem to recover…eventually.

I have missed Dr. Schroeder as his videos have not been on my YouTube feed for quite awhile. Thank you for this interview. Dr. Schroeder is a treasure.

I don’t know why you had this guy on. What he had to say did not sit right in my spirit. Not saying my spirit is perfect. But I shut him off. I believe as I have heard you say you do, that Yehovah created in seven literal days. And you can count by generations and how long people lived.