RE: Fundamental flaw in the creation/evolution debate
January 12, 2013 at 3:51 am
(January 12, 2013 at 3:12 am)Baalzebutt Wrote: While there are no described mechanism that qualify as theories yet, there are several ideas being researched regarding the inception of the big bang. As for abiogenesis, it is my understanding that there are verified theories in place to describe how it COULD occur.
Yes, but there's gaps in the theory, which represent the cogs of the machine being absent. You can't expect amino acids to arrange themselves into genetic material on their own, there has to be a mechanism in place that allows it, and we don't yet know what that mechanism is. Although I agree that life self-starts, there really isn't a solid theory behind it, and you can't leave it to "chance". Random chance didn't produce life on this planet. I expect there is a reliable mechanism that does it, but admit I don't know what it is.
Quote:I am not quite sure how to respond to your statement that not many Christians are creationists. If the creationists aren't Christians, what are they?
The Bible, like any book, can be very literal and also non-literal. Genesis 1 serves the purpose that YHVH is the sole creator of the universe, and everything in it. Pagan religions at the time had multiple gods who controlled specific things, but the ancient Hebrew people had, and have always had, just one God.
