One small point I'd like to discuss at some point in this debate (although please answer all previous comments by both myself and others first) is the "Noah's Ark" story. You say that you think Genesis is a literal account, and so therefore the Ark must have existed. Due to the size constraints of the ark, not all "species" of animal could have possibly been on board. Creationists have pointed out that the Bible talks about "kinds" of animals, and if you take only "kinds" on board (i.e. not all species) then everything works out.
For sake of argument, let's say that is accurate. How then do we get from all the "kinds" of animals on the ark to all the species we have today? If you don't accept "macro" evolution then there could be no speciation, and all the species alive today must have been on the ark (since they have only changed within their own species). This brings us back to the original problem, which is that you cannot fit all species of animal on the ark (even if you do take out all fish / animals that can survive on water).
It might help if you were to define what a "kind" is, or educate me on what the Bible teaches on the concept of a "kind".
For sake of argument, let's say that is accurate. How then do we get from all the "kinds" of animals on the ark to all the species we have today? If you don't accept "macro" evolution then there could be no speciation, and all the species alive today must have been on the ark (since they have only changed within their own species). This brings us back to the original problem, which is that you cannot fit all species of animal on the ark (even if you do take out all fish / animals that can survive on water).
It might help if you were to define what a "kind" is, or educate me on what the Bible teaches on the concept of a "kind".
