Geocentricity

A Critique of Dr. Thomas M. Strouse's "The Geocentric Cosmology of Genesis 1:1-19"

By Bob McCabe Mon, 06/26/2006 - 12:00am

A few people have asked me what I thought about Dr. Thomas M. Strouse’s paper, “The Geocentric Cosmology of Genesis 1:1–19.” After I read the paper, I thought it would be helpful to provide a brief critique of Strouse’s paper. His paper caught my attention because he claimed to examine Genesis 1:1–19. If anyone is interested about how I have treated the biblical material related to young Earth creationism, I have two articles in our seminary journal: “A Defense of Literal Days in the Creation,” Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 5 (Fall 2000): 97–123; and “A Critique of the Framework Interpretation of the Creation Account (Part 1 of 2),” DBSJ 10 (2005): 19–67. The first one can be downloaded from our website: www.dbts.edu. The second one can be purchased from the seminary. This may also be obtained from our website. As I evaluated Strouse’s paper, I have found some problems with it. Because of the number of these, I will confine my remarks to four areas. But before I offer my criticisms, let me note one point with which I do agree.
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"The Bible never teaches that the earth moves around the sun..."

By SharperIron Tue, 06/06/2006 - 11:04pm

Christianity, and fundamentalism within, has embraced, for the most part, a fallacious cosmology...Dr. Thomas Strouse is the Dean and Professor Emeritus at Emmanuel Baptist Theological Seminary (Newington, CT), a self-proclaimed fundamentalist Baptist seminary. He has written an article arguing that the earth is the center of the universe–he believes the sun rotates around the earth as do all other heavenly bodies. His concluding paragraph of his article is below:

The earth is preeminent in the Lord’s creation and not the sun. The Bible never teaches that the earth moves around the sun or that it is ever in the heavens to do so. Christianity, and fundamentalism within, has embraced, for the most part, a fallacious cosmology based on man’s reasoning rather than Bible exegesis. Rather than looking to the Scriptures which the Creator wrote for absolute cosmology, many receive the philosophy of men (Col. 2:8) and are severely benighted. Will Christianity follow the philosophical rationale of Copernicus or the Biblical revelation of Christ? Jeremiah of old stated the tension between man’s words and God’s when he said, “Yet a small number…shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs” (Jer. 44:28).

You can read the full article here: The Geocentric Cosmology Of Genesis 1:1-19 (Adobe PDF, 11 pages, 110 KB)
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