Maybe the following (imperfect) analogy might help you better
understand what I'm saying.
Let's suppose that the bible was being written (in English)
today, and let's suppose the sacred author was describing a miracle
being performed by a prophet called Gene. He might write,
"The prophet Gene came to
Singapore which was experiencing its worst drought ever. The people
implored him to intercede with God to relieve their suffering. Gene
took pity on them and agreed. He stood at an open field in Sengkang
and millions came to watch the miracle with cautious hope in their
hearts. Gene looked up into the bright sky and muttered a prayer.
Dark clouds immediately gathered and lo and behold, it started
raining cats and dogs ! The people were drenched but they started
to dance in joy. I almost died laughing watching their hilarious
but jubilant dances."
Now fast forward two thousand years into the future. Someone
reading this passage in the year 4000AD (in another language
without much knowledge of Singapore and 21st century writing
styles) might think erroneously that there were really millions of
people watching Gene, that cats and dogs really did fall from the
sky together with rain and that the author almost died from
laughter watching the people dance. Afterall, if that's what the
passage says, that is what it must mean, right ?
You and I know otherwise. In this analogy, all that the author
was trying to convey was that the prophet Gene interceded with
God and performed a miracle in God's name in front of a very large
crowd (not necessarily millions). It rained hard (no cats and dogs
involved) after a prolonged drought and the author found the happy
dances of the people extremely funny (he was in no danger of
dying).
I know this is a very crude analogy but I hope that it
helps illustrate the points that I'm making. Cheers.
that's... quite... bad actually haha.
because i think you overdramatized it. God said he created the
world in 6 days, it's not the same as you tried to use descriptive
words to describe an event.
raining cats and dogs, is a descriptive phrase
millions of people, describing the number of people.
it's different from God created the world in 6 days.
because the bible even described the night and morning:
And God said,
"Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and He
separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness
he called "night." And there was
evening, and there was morning—the first day.
And God said,
"Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from
water." 7So God made the expanse and separated the water
under the expanse from the water above it. And it was
so. 8 God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was
morning—the second
day.
it's clear cut. so i don't see how your analogy has to do with
this.
