(October 16, 2018 at 10:50 am)SteveII Wrote:(October 13, 2018 at 3:29 pm)Dragonfly Wrote: So I started studying the Bible, creation, evolution, science, cosmology, and I came to the conclusion that the evidence for evolution is just too great to be denied. I realized then that the Bible cannot be literal. My belief in God, at least the God of the Bible, started falling like a house of cards. All of this happened over a period of a few weeks. I became very depressed as I lost my delusion of being immortal seemingly overnight. I would never see my family, friends or pets after I died. My world view collapsed.I'm sure you are wrestling with all this and I hope you find a way through it. However, I do want to point out that Young Earth Creationism (YEC) is a rather recent trend. Most Christian thinkers do not take the first chapters of Genesis literally. If that is what brought down your "house of cards", you are not well versed in broader Christian doctrine. Just saying.
Sure, but the squeaky wheel gets the oil. Thus the various other versions insinuate themselves into everything. Those other versions are not really any different than YEC, they simply like to pretend they are. It's just that YEC is more vocal. OEC versions are equally as bovine, they just try to keep their heads below the parapet and sneak in the BS dishonestly.
