rjh4 said: Could you please elaborate on what you mean by "their unbelievable mental gymnastics to get the evidence to conform to the Bible"?
The typical Christian lure to drag anyone who refutes their claims into a senseless discussion of those things they already know. The various disciplines of science completely refute everything the biblical version of creation has to say about our origins etc. For the literalist the Earth cannot be older than 6 or maybe 7 thousand years old, this includes the universe as we know it since creation itself was completed in 6 days since the seventh day doesn't count because that was the day that the lord rested.
Taking the biblical creation story literally makes no sense at all and has been utterly crushed by modern day scientific discoveries. So this rjh4 is where all of the "mental gymnastics" comes into play. There is the famous gap theory where an undetermined amount of time has passed between verses one and two of Genesis chapter 1. Or that the seven days were not literal they could have been 700, 7,000, or 7 million years. The order of the seven days of creation are not meant to be interpreted chronologically but are rather descriptive etc. etc. The list goes on and on and on and I have heard them all before.
Evolution through the process of natural selection is an established scientific fact that has plenty of data and evidence to back it up. I voted for evolution as opposed to the nonsensical creation stories based on faith.
The typical Christian lure to drag anyone who refutes their claims into a senseless discussion of those things they already know. The various disciplines of science completely refute everything the biblical version of creation has to say about our origins etc. For the literalist the Earth cannot be older than 6 or maybe 7 thousand years old, this includes the universe as we know it since creation itself was completed in 6 days since the seventh day doesn't count because that was the day that the lord rested.
Taking the biblical creation story literally makes no sense at all and has been utterly crushed by modern day scientific discoveries. So this rjh4 is where all of the "mental gymnastics" comes into play. There is the famous gap theory where an undetermined amount of time has passed between verses one and two of Genesis chapter 1. Or that the seven days were not literal they could have been 700, 7,000, or 7 million years. The order of the seven days of creation are not meant to be interpreted chronologically but are rather descriptive etc. etc. The list goes on and on and on and I have heard them all before.
Evolution through the process of natural selection is an established scientific fact that has plenty of data and evidence to back it up. I voted for evolution as opposed to the nonsensical creation stories based on faith.
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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