Woolly Mammoths

While there is absolute truth I do not believe what is taught as truth is necessarily truth or even remains truth. The church at one time persecuted scientists who differed with the church's view of truth relative to the universe. Recently I read a book "Frozen in Time" by Michael Oard. The subject was Woolly mammoths, the Ice Age, and the Bible.

 

During the Middle Ages it was thought woolly mammoth remains were prehistoric giants. Historians at the time taught they were actually elephants that died during the military campaign led by Chinghiz Kan others taught they were elephants that had run away from Hannibal's army as it crossed the Swiss Alps. Some taught that if they looked upon a carcass they would die. It was thought the giant animals lived underground and tunneled forward and backward. They concluded the remains found along riverbanks were of animals that came near the surface to smell the air or see the light and immediately died. During the 15^th century a Chinese emperor wrote a book in which he supported the belief the carcasses were the remains of five-ton rodents who lived beneath the earth's surface. The "freshness" of some meat from the carcasses encouraged their belief the animals were still living underground and that they died upon viewing the light. Today we do not agree their truth was truth.

 

Some folks believe the Ice Age was around 2000 BC during a time we think Abraham lived.

 

Concerning my question earlier on the meaning of the word day, Sunday you said you believe it is a 24-hour day since all other places it is translated a 24-hour day. Seems reasonable but do we need to allow for the translator's preconceived idea influencing his translation? As I mentioned I do not understand Hebrew and have no idea as to the variety of English meanings the original word has.

 

When God said "let the dry land appear" does it suggest land already existed underneath the seas? David wrote in Psalm 104 "The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them." Could David be suggesting God used natural activity to shape the dry land? Natural could suggest a very long period of time. Does it matter? Only to the extent of how we react to those who believe differently than we believe. Like those folks in the Middle Ages we can only go with what is known at the time and change as new information comes available. 

 

Evening and morning defining a day is more like the Jews than our way of figuring a day.