Not at all. As an Engineer and Inventor, I am the first to figure something out almost on a daily basis. It is what I do for a living.
Besides that, my Testimony stands. I have yet to meet one person on the planet that does not alter the Word of God as you and everyone else does.
Neither a concordance nor a knowledge of Hebrew, Greek, etc. is required to prove that the current teachings on display in this thread (and all over the world for that matter) are in serious contradiction with the rest of the Bible, as I have proven over and over.
The LITERAL reading does not contradict, yet everyone seems to think so. That is the point of this thread.
Again, I already showed how 'dying you will die' is an extremely contradictory
interpretation. It does not work for the rest of the Bible.
How about we take a look at what one of the Scholars has to say...
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
....in the day that … die]
Literally, in the day that Adam ate of the fruit, he did not die.
This is one of the minor inconsistencies in the story which are not explained for us. Either
we are to assume that, in some fuller version of it, the Lord God was described as “repenting” of the sentence of immediate death, as
changing His mind and sparing man in His mercy:
or the words “in the day, &c.” are to be regarded as metaphorical, and the doom, “thou shalt surely die,” merely means “thou shalt become mortal.”
I trust you can comprehend the magnitude of what is being said in the above Commentary? It is not minor, that is for sure.
Nevertheless,
there is an inconsistency. Do you understand? <-- Please answer so that I know you acknowledge it.
I refuse to be told how 'wrong' I am when this is a standard teaching at any Bible college.
So, what is their solution?
TO ASSUME!
Is that what everyone expects me to do? <-- Please answer the question.
We are to assume that
"God changed his mind" even though it does not say that anywhere in the context? Are you kidding me? Either that, or we have to say that the verse is "not literal", in other words, we cannot believe what Genesis 2:17 says so we must ALTER IT to say
"thou shalt become mortal" when it clearly does not say that? Unbelievable!
I am telling you and everyone here that I am NOT going to 'assume' anything. I have every right to believe what the verses teach EXACTLY how they are WITHOUT altering them. How dare you or anyone here tell me that I have to add and take away from the Word of God to make it say what you or someone else wants it to. That will never happen.