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Thank you so much for your great insight! I understand much better now. I know some missionaries who did it for the stuff but other missionaries who did it for God. I'm afraid my experience with missionaries has not been the best. One family really stands out from the others, though. This...

HaHA! All the best to you! There aren't many graduate programs at my school so I will ultimately be moving on. I have a lot to learn :D

Putting my head in the sand never served me well. I have every intention of asking questions for the rest of my life :)

I'm half-British and I live in the Bible Belt. My parents met in a Spirit filled church in a completely different geographic location but moved to the belt for an employment opportunity. I grew up in an ultra-conservative/fundie church (that is a story for another day). While I agree that...

I had to go back to my original post to refresh my memory as to what my question was. I have gained quite a bit of understanding from this forum thread alone, not to mention the secondary study of bible and science it has prompted me towards. The original question is regarding "literal days" in...

Thanks for posting and for advice. Don't you think Christ would have wanted us to ask questions about the world and what He meant?

A few years ago I was a young Earth creationist. Now I accept evolution. I will deal with it when I get there.

Yes!

Thanks for the links! I read them. Clearly there were mountains forming. Surely they were not as developed as they are now, though. I don't know how to reconcile everything. I don't have the research tools I need and I am not an expert in geology. I do have access to geology journals, however. I...

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Thanks for this link! I skimmed the first section. It is so big! I will print it and try to read it all this weekend, highlighting and noting as I often do :)

Okay, "duh" moment...assuming no error, Pangaea would have already begun to break up by the time man came along. I don't know...wanna give my mountain question a try anyway? lol.

Okay, I'm going to throw this out there and if it's silly, fine. I don't know much about geology and I have inadequate reference materials with me right now. This would make a great research project for someone, though, I'm sure! Assume that Pangaea has not separated. What is the consensus on...

I really appreciate your insight! You are absolutely right. Thank you so much for your encouragement :) I will remember it. I reread what I wrote last night and it sounds vague and judgmental. I could have done a better job expressing myself so I will do that now. I really have a burning...

I'm not sure if I'm understanding you correctly in your second paragraph - are you saying there's little/no evidence of a worldwide flood? I agree it is a derail though because I'm not as familiar with that or with the evidence in support of it. I saw a documentary on it though (yeah yeah, worse...

Sure! Biology is the study of life and living organisms. I am not a geologist so I don't have a proper definition of geology but I don't think I'm far from the mark by saying that it's the study of earth, soil, silt, rock, etc. and their chemical compositions. As far as astrophysics is...

I see - that's fair then. Thanks for posting!

I think you misunderstood. You said it is clear that fruit trees were in full bloom before the sun and I responded that it is not as clear to me as it is to you. That is an invitation for you to provide me with some clarity of your point. I simply provided you with clarity of my position. I...

Yes, I understand what you are saying and it is a good point. "day-age" bothered me too but I have since realised that Hebrew language placed a huge emphasis on poetry and parallelism. I don't have a commentary or Bible dictionary handy but if I did I would look up these specific words. I...

I really need some advice on what to think here. I would love to get answers from missionaries themselves, but anyone who has understanding of the issue is welcome to share. There are a lot of missionary kids (mks) at my uni and I secretly admired them for the longest time because they were...