More On Teaching Genesis, Chapters 1-3
By ARTHUR HIPPLER (Editor’s Note: Arthur Hippler is chairman of the religion department and teaches religion in the Upper School at Providence Academy, Plymouth, Minn. See the November 23 issue of The Wanderer for more by Dr. Hippler on this topic.) + + + Every Catholic schoolchild knows that the “six days” in Genesis are not six “twenty-four hour” days. But if you ask them how they know this, their reason is from outside Scripture, outside the text. They “know” from science the vast age of the Earth and indeed the universe, and hence the “twenty-four hour” day becomes unbelievable. While it is true that one should interpret the days as figurative, students should be lead to see the reasons…Continue Reading