Many years ago a colleague had a discussion with a Kirsty Birkett and Tony Payne at Matthias Media, as he recalls.
He was propounding a view of Genesis 1's timing that was in line with the historic Christian position, as do I.
Birkett and Payne considered that they rebutted this view in their contrary propounding of the Framework Hypothesis. As we know, the Framework Hypothesis is a bit of theological confection designed to suppress the real-world connection of God's creation with...well...God.
Their view was that, finally, my colleague didn't know the meaning of Genesis 1 and they didn't know, therefore, he was wrong.
The Birkett-Payne fallacy is this: because I don't know something, you don't know it either.
You will often find this fallacy played out by your charges if you are a pre-school teacher.
Upon hearing of this fallacy, my thoughts in this context turned immediately to 2 Timothy 3:16, and I reflected on Colossians 2:2, in hand with John 1:1-3, and Colossians 1:16-17, thence on to Colossians 2:2-10.
There!
