Another thing I don't understand about the creationist position...

[Subduction Zone]

By the way, has that old theory been moved out of schools? The original linear style theory resembled a prophecy in the bible, which might be why it is viewed as evil.

The theory was never linear, though it was sometimes portrayed that way. Sometimes complex ideas are hard to get across.

 

[Subduction Zone]

The 6 day creation is not only supported in Genesis but also Exodus 20:11

“For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.”
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭20:11‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

This is why the sabbath isn’t every couple million years or so.

The Bible is the claim. It is not the evidence. It is understandable for people of that era not to understand evolution.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Your first sentence is a bit confusing.

Sorry, spellchecker changed "your" to "yourself".

 

[Subduction Zone]

Yes the evidence is inconclusive.

Incorrect. Only in rather small details. Like it or not the evidence of your common ancestors with other apes is crystal clear.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

The theory was never linear, though it was sometimes portrayed that way. Sometimes complex ideas are hard to get across.

Systems of belief are like that - complex ideas are simplified and some details are missed.

However, the search for a single transitional ancestor (1 dimensional diagram) is no longer a goal of biologists is what I got from the article since the change occurred from many places (more than 1 dimensional drawing).

 

[Hammster]

Since the verses you use do not apply to yourself opponents it is still abuse. It would be better suited to the apologetics section. No one is trying to disprove God with evolution. It only demonstrates a particular interpretation of the Bible to be wrong, just as all of the evidence that shows the Earth to be a globe refutes the interpretation of the Bible that.leads some Christians to claim that the Earth is flat.

The difference between a Flat Earther and a creationist is only a matter of degree.

The verses apply universally. We were all at one point enemies of God, as is pointed out in Ephesians 2 and elsewhere.

 

[Hammster]

The Bible is the claim. It is not the evidence. It is understandable for people of that era not to understand evolution.

When God gave the Ten Commandments, He understood what He did.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Systems of belief are like that - complex ideas are simplified and some details are missed.

However, the search for a single transitional ancestor (1 dimensional diagram) is no longer a goal of biologists is what I got from the article since the change occurred from many places (more than 1 dimensional drawing).

Yes, I can see how that helped. One concept to remember is that populations evolve, not individuals. Evolution is similar to how new languages arose. At one time the populations of Spain and France spoke Latin. After the Roman Empire fell they were cut off from each other and Rome. Their languages changed until they could not understand each other. Speciation is a lit like that.

 

[BNR32FAN]

Correct. We share a common ancestor with chimps, orangutans and gorillas. No one has claimed anything else. And as an aside, man is still an anthropoid ape.

This doesn’t necessarily mean we evolved from them it can also mean we simply have a common DNA sequence. The human body also has similarities to many other animals as well. Our eyes more closely resemble a sheep, our blood is closer to a pig’s, cats share 90% of our genes, and cows and mice are also among those whom we share similar genes.

 

[BNR32FAN]

Incorrect. Only in rather small details. Like it or not the evidence of your common ancestors with other apes is crystal clear.

And what about the rest of the animals we share common genes with? Sheep, pigs, cats, cows, mice, etc?

 

[Subduction Zone]

When God gave the Ten Commandments, He understood what He did.

The Exodus and related stories are not accepted by people that have studied archaeology. Taking the stories of the Bible literally appears to be a theological error.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Yes, I can see how that helped. One concept to remember is that populations evolve, not individuals. Evolution is similar to how new languages arose. At one time the populations of Spain and France spoke Latin. After the Roman Empire fell they were cut off from each other and Rome. Their languages changed until they could not understand each other. Speciation is a bit like that.

That makes sense.

 

[BNR32FAN]

The Bible is the claim. It is not the evidence. It is understandable for people of that era not to understand evolution.

So eyewitness accounts aren’t evidence? They certainly are in a court of law.

 

[BNR32FAN]

The Bible is the claim. It is not the evidence. It is understandable for people of that era not to understand evolution.

I don’t understand why the creationalist beliefs are so hard to believe?

 

[Subduction Zone]

This doesn’t necessarily mean we evolved from them it can also mean we simply have a common DNA sequence. The human body also has similarities to many other animals as well. Our eyes more closely resemble a sheep, our blood is closer to a pig’s, cats share 90% of our genes, and cows and mice are also among those whom we share similar genes.

We have fairly continuous fossils from Lucy on. We have DNA evidence that only supports evolution. And the tere is ERV evidence that blows away the "same designer same traits" claim. There is no scientific evidence for your beliefs.

 

[Hammster]

The Exodus and related stories are not accepted by people that have studied archaeology. Taking the stories of the Bible literally appears to be a theological error.

Not being accepted does not mean that the account isn’t true. Moses was obviously an eyewitness to the Exodus events.

 

[BNR32FAN]

We have fairly continuous fossils from Lucy on. We have DNA evidence that only supports evolution. And the tere is ERV evidence that blows away the "same designer same traits" claim. There is no scientific evidence for your beliefs.

Well I surely hope that the scientists can figure out how to resurrect a body after it’s been dead for three days for your sake my friend. I’d hate to think that you can’t believe in Christ’s resurrection because scientists say it’s impossible.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I don’t understand why the creationalist beliefs are so hard to believe?

Because they are demonstrably wrong.

In fact modern creationists are afraid to state their beliefs clearly because they are so easier to shown to be wrong.

 

[Strathos]

Well I surely hope that the scientists can figure out how to resurrect a body after it’s been dead for three days for your sake my friend. I’d hate to think that you can’t believe in Christ’s resurrection because scientists say it’s impossible.

This is a non-sequitur.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Well I surely hope that the scientists can figure out how to resurrect a body after it’s been dead for three days for your sake my friend.

Why? Let's not get into other beliefs here. This is not the place to debate other parts of the Bible.