Avoiding the Issue

 Now here's something typical, and yet a good catch.  

Grace,  I was shocked by your comment on the issue of the interpretation of the 6 days creation. Walang kweta pala sa iyo ang usapang hermeneutics. Why? According to the website Christianity.com, "The ultimate goal of hermeneutics is to discover the truths and values in the Bible and what the text truly means." 

Now in some of your videos, you even talk about how true the Genesis narrative was yet now you're saying the interpretation doesn't matter?   

Sure it matters. If Christians like you are shoving your religious belief and your holy book in our tight ass, might as well you give us the right interpretation.  Otherwise, it will be taken as a big joke book. You see, without proper  hermeneutics, biblical interpretation will be a sick joke since anyone will just interpret it base on what they wanted it to become. That's a big confusion. You can't just sweep in under the rug and pretend biblical hermeneutics doesn't exist.

Are both interpretation compatible?  According to the Christian evangelical site Answers In Genesis, "Jesus and the New Testament apostles read Genesis 1–11 as straightforward historical narrative. There are additional good scholarly reasons for coming to that conclusion (See Terry Mortenson and Thane H. Ury, eds., Coming to Grips with Genesis (Green Forest, Arkansas: Master Books, 2008).

And taking the scriptures out of context and interpreting it based on modern scientific facts undermined the message. As if you trust your interpretation on worldly knowledge that from the Holy Spirit.

Christians wanted skeptics to accept the Genesis narrative as a historical fact yet now you're saying that it doesn't matter how it will be interpreted? Are you suggesting @  Grace Peñalosa that biblical interpretation is relative. That we just need to believe and biblical difficulties are gone? Wow! 

So, yes it matters. 

Also, how can an amateur apologist like you can defend your faith if all you got to do is to run for cover when tough questions are asked?  I guess you forgotten what the Apostle Paul said to "Prove All Things; Hold Fast That Which Is Good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21)  Is proving the truth of the "Word of God"  is beyond scientific facts something as "walang kwenta?"

My gosh, for an apologist you're so weak @ Grace Peñalosa.  No wonder Paul said, "But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence." - 1 Timothy 2:12