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Finder of things, Doer of stuff
I don't have a problem with people believing the theory of evolution, but I do have a problem with people stating that it is a fact.
Sure, there might be a chance that life on earth evolved from nothing. (which is contrary to one scientific principle that says that life only comes from life, i.e. flys don't just appear, there has to have been eggs laid and hatched) But no matter how long it took or how the mutations occured, it doesn't account or explain why man has so many traits that work contrary to evolutionary psychology.
As was stated Belief in a Creator doesnt mean disbelief in evolution. Rather Divine oversight makes evolution more probable. The Bible doesn't say how man was created, just that he did. It does say he was made from the dust, which is true in the sense that all our cells are made up of elements found in the dust. When we die we decompose back into dirt.
Another fact about the creation acount in the bible most often ignored is what it has to say about the time period. The very first verse of the bible is rarely reflected on properly. "in the begining god created the heavens and the earth". It doesn't say how or how long, just that he did. Then the 6 creative days follow in which man is created. Millions or Billions of years could have passed before the first creative day (the 6 creative days refer to the transformation of the earth from a lifeless mass to a planet full of life, the way we know it to be now) Even the creative days are vague in the elapsed time it took. When your grandfather says "in my day, I had to..." he is not refering to a specific day but rather an unspecified legnth of time in his past. Similarly the Creative days are unspecified legnths of time. Therefore the leght of time it took in the day of Mans creation could similarly have been tousands or millions of years. Also the day of animal creation was before mans, which also fits the evolutionary model...
Sure, there might be a chance that life on earth evolved from nothing. (which is contrary to one scientific principle that says that life only comes from life, i.e. flys don't just appear, there has to have been eggs laid and hatched) But no matter how long it took or how the mutations occured, it doesn't account or explain why man has so many traits that work contrary to evolutionary psychology.
As was stated Belief in a Creator doesnt mean disbelief in evolution. Rather Divine oversight makes evolution more probable. The Bible doesn't say how man was created, just that he did. It does say he was made from the dust, which is true in the sense that all our cells are made up of elements found in the dust. When we die we decompose back into dirt.
Another fact about the creation acount in the bible most often ignored is what it has to say about the time period. The very first verse of the bible is rarely reflected on properly. "in the begining god created the heavens and the earth". It doesn't say how or how long, just that he did. Then the 6 creative days follow in which man is created. Millions or Billions of years could have passed before the first creative day (the 6 creative days refer to the transformation of the earth from a lifeless mass to a planet full of life, the way we know it to be now) Even the creative days are vague in the elapsed time it took. When your grandfather says "in my day, I had to..." he is not refering to a specific day but rather an unspecified legnth of time in his past. Similarly the Creative days are unspecified legnths of time. Therefore the leght of time it took in the day of Mans creation could similarly have been tousands or millions of years. Also the day of animal creation was before mans, which also fits the evolutionary model...