Evolution

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and then the lid came off and the Christian's interest in evolution was revealed to be entirely apologetics.

we are In the Christianity section of this website what did you think my purpose was?

Well there are many enlightened Christians who don't read the bible literally and so have no problem accepting evolution. So of course I hoped you were one of them. Certainly your talk of you and your fellow Christian's interest in evolution made it sound that way. Turns out you are just interested in learning enough about evolution to be able to disparage it and preserve your literal bible facts.

I can respect the right of every adult to their own beliefs. So sorry to find you have only one belief and that one is wasted on the bible rather than in a wise God whose ways are beyond the understanding of mere men but whose contemplation might ennoble a man. I personally think you're missing the best part but so says one who stands beside you on the planet in no better position than yourself to know the truth. I believe the God I used to believe in was so much more worthy than the one you have locked up in the bible. It must make you feel powerful to have him under your control.

actually the contrary is true if not for the bible i could claim master of the knowledge of God. Every time i think i understand something like the doctrine of election brings me back to ground zero.

From an outside perspective it doesn't look that way at all. It looks like you expect God to deliver on what the bible promises as if it were some kind of contract. What are you going to do if you're just plain wrong in the way you're reading the bible and therefore have it wrong about God and what He expects of you, sue Him?

Incorporating the WHOLE of Scripture in one's understanding of God is a never ending task. If you believe the opposite to be true either you do not understand the basic premise of God or do not understand what is written in scripture. Honestly to say God is beyond the bible is indeed the easy way out. well only second to saying there is no God...

Oh I'll bet it is. A mind is a terrible thing to waste but it probably doesn't go away willingly. To give up all your own thoughts to try and adopt the facts of the bible as you understand them shows no faith at all in God. You have faith in the bible and its God, but not God Himself. You say God created you and hears you in prayer but you don't trust Him to help you read the bible in an intelligent way, as a piece of literature. It is definitely easier to interpret the bible as facts than to engage it with your whole being to understand it directly. If only you guys had any faith in yourselves perhaps you could find some for God.