MB
I believe I stated that "God is Sovereign" and that I would NOT hold Him to creating one way over the other. I only stated my reasons for believing that He didn't operate through evolution based on my opinion only. Would it affect my faith IF He operated through Evolution? Absolutely not.
No, my post did not amount to a "I know I'm right," only that spiritually speaking, it's NOT Vital. Does that mean I'm NOT interested in looking and dealving into the matter? Of course NOT, or I would not have mentioned the books and interest I have in the subject. I still believe it only a theory however, and that it requires as much faith as my faith because I was NOT there in the Cambrian Period nor am I an Expert on the subject. I have to rely on my reading and trust the authors and their experiements just as much as you do.
I only hold that Scripture tells me in Romans Chapter 1 that belief in Him is more important to me:
Romans 1:20-25 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible
attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,
even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify
Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man -- and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Maybe I assumed more from this forum than I should. Namely that the majority of those posting are in fact Christians. I'm not looking for validation from you. Your only 24 and have lived half the life I have. It would really make no difference to me if your I.Q level was twice that of mine, which I doubt it is: Wisdom and Knowledge are two different things.
I'm sure your very proud of your sceintific knowledge and learning, but remember, your sceince promises you nothing beyond the grave. Christ does. Again, if God wants to operate through evolution, He can well do so and befuddle little ole me till I'm blue in the face. I could be wrong, but I don't think I am. What I believe I am doing is to allow God to operate anyway He wants. With that said, I don't think I have been thoroughly convinced with the evidence...based on my vaired reading. Evolution still requires a lot of faith, just as my belief in God does. God has opened my eyes to His truth; I just don't believe He has yet opened my eyes of the convincing proof of evolution...and you know what, if He doesn't, it will make NONE THE DIFFERENCE when I die.
I hope that answers your question satisfactorly....
Mechanical Bliss said:
Then why did you avoid engaging in the hypothetical situation outlined in the OP?
Your post amounted to nothing more than "I know I'm right, so the hypothetical situation would never happened, thus I don't have to answer it."
Making stuff up doesn't gain you credibility on this part of the forum, for your information.
Your "dilemma" does not actually exist.
Then why not answer the question instead of creating distractions?
Given that you don't even know what a kind is, it's meaningless to say that evolution cannot occur beyond this so-called "kind" barrier. It's just another symptom of the lack of scientific thought put into creationism--it's just fanciful storytelling powered by buzzwords like "kind."
But this thread isn't designed to go into that. That's another distraction from the topic.