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Back and charged up NI. My battery definitely is on the blink.
To answer your question ..Yes. There’s a great deal that’s ‘weird’ about the Christian faith. If ‘weird’ means mysterious and very challenging/unbelievable to purely naturalistic thinking and where reality is limited to what can be apprehended through the 5 senses. A transcendent realm which is only accessible by revelation initiated by a superior, loving and intelligent Creator .. I understand completely how that is puzzling to the point of ‘weird.’ But, like hundreds of millions both now and through the centuries, I believe .. and have experienced .. that reality.
As far as ‘the Biblical version of the Creation’ is concerned .. I went at some length previously to explain that the Bible is a library of books of different genres … which, of course, has led to the ‘cherry picking’ glee club. Nevertheless I’ll repeat that I believe all of the Bible is useful to apprehend ‘revealed’truth.. but some is by myth, some by metaphor, some by hyperbole ..and some literally. I did give a clear example of this… Jesus telling people to pluck out their eyes and cut off their arms. Weird!
So I am happy to say, again, that I don’t believe the Bible teaches a 7 day Creation process as we understand it nor that the earth is only 6000 years old. I also don’t believe that I’m ‘cherry picking’ by saying that the Bible doesn’t teach that the Universe is physically earth centric ( Though I definitely DO believe that mankind is the main point of Creation and therefore his home environment, planet earth, is central to that. ) There are many Christians who would disagree with some of these views, though far fewer than you might think .. and I can live with that. There are many Christians, perhaps even the majority in our time, who find no contradiction between the Biblical narrative and the Scientific and modern view. I referenced previously Dr John Lennox, Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, who is an internationally renowned speaker on the interface of science, philosophy and religion. Also Alister McGrath who is Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University. Maybe have a look??