(November 28, 2021 at 4:20 pm)brookelauren25 Wrote: HappySkeptic - I don't believe in a "young Earth" either. I believe the scientific record on age of the earth, universe, etc. Do you think Genesis teaches a literal 6 day creation? I am curious if any of you have found Genesis to be a cause for unbelief because the scientific record seems to contradict what is taught in Genesis?
Of course not. If it weren't from some wrong order of some events, some Christians could believe that Genesis is talking of the Big Bang and the evolution of Earth.
But Genesis does talk about a fall of Man and corruption of the Earth. It is the reason for Jesus, and the reason why the Earth has to be destroyed in Revelation. So, if it is all "just a story", then Christianity is false as well.
Still, I find that most Christians DO consider Genesis to be "just a story", and they skip over the OT and jump right to Baby Jesus. They realize they aren't perfect, and take the promise of "remission of sins" to get into heaven as too good a possibility to pass up, even if they don't buy most of the theology.
