Quote Originally Posted by Didache
No I don't believe literally in either .. or at least in the sense you mean it.

Very briefly (I can always expand in another post) .. to say I believe in God as Creator, does not imply to me a necessity to believe in the beginning of Genesis as a literal history. I have no problem with the idea that God can and does work through the natural processes of creation - after all he created the natural processes. In other words, I see God as the guiding force behind creation, but have no problem with the idea that creation proceeds according to natural laws. Indeed, in the past this concept has been the driving force behind the work of many a scientist who believed that they honoured God by untangling the laws of the universe.
Again, this is an area where we can agree to disagree..
So I take it to mean you believe in the Gap theory? iF so, I have no problem with it..We can discuss this in more detail in another thread.


The hell one is more complex and it would take an essay, not a paragraph! But last October I stood in Auschwitz - frankly I don't think we need any more hell than that, or the things we are capable of doing to one another. In the words of Gandhi "The only devils in this world are those running around in our own hearts, and that is where all our battles should be fought"

Cheers
Mike
So do you believe in a universal salvation?
Do you believe in annihilation?
What do you make of what Jesus said in Matt 25:46?