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Simon Laird's avatar

Interestingly, Biblical literalism is actually a relatively modern (post 1500) phenomenon.

The Catholic church has never taught biblical literalism. I don't think traditional Jewish communities taught it either.

With the rise of the printing press and Protestantism, everyone could own their own Bible, so the text itself - without a priestly tradition - became the touchstone. Biblical literalism and Young Earth creationism are Protestant phenomena.

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SorenJ's avatar

Are there any young earth creationists on substack? I am struggling to see the target audience here. I imagine everybody who reads this piece will have already agreed with the title before reading.

Anyway, God put all of the evidence for an old earth around to test our faith.

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