Hues and Cues

Anyone ever played Hues and Cues Board game? It's a word, color association guessing game. It reminds me of the title of my blog. So many hues of red and so many word connotations to what 'red' can mean.

That got me thinking, what do the few readers of my blog think 'Reds Rave' means. It seems so clear but I think there needs some clarification.

Story Time

One fine, hot Texas day, when the Brown family was freshly moved into their home, Chandra ventured out to the local HEB. She strolled the beauty aisle and picked up a box of color, she read the directions and put it in the cart. 'This would be a piece of cake but don't ever tell Johnna', she thought. She would lecture me for sure, but what's a gal in a pinch to do? A whole new city with new people and places to explore, a new way of life; a gal just doesn't have time to worry about her hair when trying to setup house. The mirror was quite revealing that the root of the problem needed addressing and this was the solution.

I applied and waited and rinsed and washed and dried...and then I saw RED. 

Ahh, I thought, when Johnna was in beauty school I was her part time mannequin and had almost every color and cut done to my head for practice. This little color correction will eventually fade and I'll get the professional help I need eventually, when there's more time. In the meantime, I'll just wear it with gusto.

I took Alex on a stroll in the neighborhood and Lee our neighbor who lives kitty corner from our house was outside tending to his yard. He saw me coming from a mile away, you can't blame him for squinting and putting his hand on his brow to cover his eyes. My blazing red hair was on fire in the Texas sun. He waved as I walked by and said, "I thought you were blonde when you first moved in?" 

I told him I was. Maybe he thought I was making a statement with my hair. Who is this new neighbor from Colorado? He smiled mischievously, as I finished my outing and went back inside.

The next day, I took a stroll again and as I was passing, he waved and called out, "Hey RED, how's it going?" 

And that is how I got the nickname 'Red'. It isn't used anymore, but it reminds me of my youth and how I didn't care too much of what others thought of me and my appearance. It is what it is! It grew out and many colors later, I'm still trying to figure out what to do with my mane.

And that my friends is the rest of the story (Paul Harvey, radio voice please).

'Red' Meanings

Red can mean hot blooded and quick tempered. My natural disposition is quit docile, but like any creature if provoked the 'red' can make it's surface. 

Red can mean communist. This certainly does not define this American. The only reason I am here is my great-great grandfather, Mr. Bloch, fled the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Our entire family on that side was wiped out in that nasty time period, except him. I am so grateful he fled that evil rule and found freedom in America so he could have a family and I can write about it.

Red can mean bold. Yes, I can be bold at times, like writing my thoughts on this blog. I usually don't share that much about myself and keep under the radar. 

Red can mean vibrant and full of life. Yes, I LOVE life and all it's offerings. I am curious and like trying many things. Dancing is one of them.

Red can associate with love. I do love intensely and I love my family and my Lord. 

Red, it's a great color!

Error That Leads Astray

The Gap Theory is Man’s Opinion 

Keyword: THEORY 

We need to know how to study History and Text correctly. Does the Gap theory ‘logic’ follow proper protocol?  

First, we need to define what the gap theory is and how it is derived, where the concept was born and why the question arose? 

What is the Gap Theory? 

The following are questions ‘gap theorists’ proposed: 

How does one properly fit the Fall of Satan in a time line of biblical events? 

How does one account for the fossil record within a timeline? 

Note: This theory took strong hold in the 18th Century, before this time period, this theory was not taught as biblical. 

The Gap Theory allows for a period between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, where the already Fallen Satan controls a Pre-Adamic Race of Men (this accounts for some ‘pre-historic fossil record of man, dinosaurs and extended ‘unknown’ periods of time in Universe/Earth History. ) 

(This ideology lines up more with Evolutionary Theory by allowing millions of years as a definition to the description of creation.) 

Sketchy Science 

This theory falls into the Historical Science category, of which ‘error’ can abound. It is a ‘soft science’ as history cannot be ‘repeated' and cannot be accessible through experiments conducted in the present. 

When Science and History collide and interpretation is involved there are many angles, questions and rules to the study that should be applied. 

What does the plain text say? 

Is there evidence that supports this elsewhere in the text? 

What, if any are my preconceived notions about the subject or question?

Am I stepping outside the given boundaries to fit the definition or question posed? 

When an idea or theory arises, a study of where the idea originated and if there has been refutation or support should be a contender in thinking logically. 

A ‘Great Story’ or Fact? 

In essence, the ‘gap theory’ is opinion of man, mixed with some truths and just as much imagination as evolution. It contains a mixed-up timetable to placate to a worldly principle. 

When something does not square, look closer to the finer details as to why it doesn’t add up... 

Gap theory is just that, a theory. It is not taught as a ‘theory’. It is taught along the same lines as evolution in that they both are not proven by observable science but taught as ‘fact.’ Gap theory is taught as fact by taking scripture out of context and applying eisegesis to text to fit a narrative.  

Another term for gap theory is progressive creationism. It is housed under a uniformitarian view which explains a geologic timetable for earths’ formation and life processes as slow and gradual. There are differing ideas within this theory, one of which is the Catastrophic View, where God started the process, allowed for slow gradual transformation with a few catastrophes mixed in to account for floods and disorder. 

The Origin and Growth of Gap Theory (only a highlight. Read below articles for in depth detail) 

Babylonian Captivity 

Jewish Mysticism (Zohar) *See Article 

Concept discussed in writings by Dutch, Arminian Theologian, Simon Episcopius in the 17th Century.  

Made popular by Scottish Theologian, Thomas Chalmers in the 19th Century. In 1804, Chalmers preached a message inspired by the ‘Ruin/Restoration’ concept of Genesis. In 1814, he reviewed French Naturalist George Cuvier’s Theory. Cuvier was a naturalist and the Father of Paleontology. Cuvier was more in line with Darwinian thought.  

Johannes Christian Rosenmuller a physician and anatomist with leanings towards evolutionary skull models mentions the idea in his writings. 18th Century. 

Supported by the Scofield Study Bible 

A Question and Scriptural Answer to Refute Theory Timeline 

When did SIN and DEATH enter the world? 

According to Romans 5:12 there was NO SIN in the World until Adam, the FIRST man sinned.  If Adam is the first man, there can be no PRE-ADAMIC race.  

Death entered through ONE man’s sin. DEATH BEFORE ADAM with the wiping out of a Pre-Adamic race is not what Romans 5:12-14, I Corinthians 15:21 states. 

The Gap Theory is dangerous to the Gospel message 

“But if "death reigned" not "from Adam to Moses," as the Bible says (Romans 5:14), but had already reigned for billions of years before Adam, then death is not the wages of sin but instead was part of God's creative purpose. How then could the death of Christ put away sin? The gap theory thus undermines the very gospel of our salvation, as well as the holy character of God.” Henry Morris. 

The curse and the Fall came after creation and man’s sin. (Genesis 3:17-19). God called what He created, ‘good’.  (Genesis 1) 

The Article, Closing the Gap at Answers in Genesis refutes the passages used and taken out of context in Jeremiah, and Isaiah.

Articles 

Why the Gap Theory Won’t Work by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D. 

An Exploration Into the Gap Theory (Excellent and well done)*MUST READ 

Darwin, Cuvier, Lamarck by Christopher Marty 

Rosenmuller Journal of Neurological Surgery 

Reinterpretation of Genesis by Terry Mortenson 

Formless and Void Gap-Creationism  NCSE Volume 8 

Closing the Gap Paul F. Taylor  

Books 

Contested Bones by Christopher Rupe and Dr. John Sanford 

Buried Alive by Jack Cuozzo

A Closer Look at the Evidence by Richard and Tina Kleis (researched science devotionals)