Hi there,
So just a thought for what our priorities, are, here. You have decided one way or the other, to give Evolution a try... you have decided that the weight of evidence favours species that change over time, one can only assume in a way that is deistic, if it is to prove better than the selection pressures that shape it. But I put it to you, that you do not know everything.
What if it turns out that you have less life in Evolution, than you have thought? Have you considered what you will do, once the life of what you have turned to in Evolution, has proven finite, beatable? I want to be clear, I am not going to rubbish you, for having attempted to believe "Evolution" - the motive behind this, is just to remind you, that there is an alternative?
The point is, Creation will still be here - at the end. There will always be a way to incorporate Evolutional ideas, into a paradigm that glorifies the Creator; even without the Creator, the idea that certain things are irreducibly complex, has a high competitive value and there are other ideas like it. It is possible that you could come to understand yourself and your place in the cosmos, with concepts that lend themselves to intelligent design, that there is a freedom to voice praise for all that we come to be, that we be thankful to those that share it with us.
I am not trying to prove God, I am trying to say, the elements of Creation that we all enjoy, can be enjoyed with no strings attached - Evolution promises the same, but gets mired in clamouring for the top position, as if beating all takers is the best form of promise. Don't get sucked in by that. But don't rush to Creation, either - if what I said was true, there would be no reason, to switch operandi, until it had been understood. Creation is something you can understand.
So when it turns out that you are surrounded by Evolutionists, who are all ready to burn you, for stepping outside the realm of what they call "known", just remember, we - the Creationists - will be here, to see what you can do, with what was given (with what was given, when what was created was given (as Creation)). Don't be afraid. That is what our Lord Master and Friend, said to us, that we lay hold of the prize.
I will confess, that there are aspects of Evolution that I find useful, myself. I am - knowing my welcome in Jesus - willing to take on concepts that do not immediately fit in the Creationist mould, not that I betray my faith, but that I expand it, to understand that what we want most from that which we believe in, is a way to be close with each other, in the praise we have, for all that we are capable of.
It's not a hard choice, to hold out hope - I do it, you ought to do it, we all ought to at least spare a memory, of struggling with that choice.
So just a thought for what our priorities, are, here. You have decided one way or the other, to give Evolution a try... you have decided that the weight of evidence favours species that change over time, one can only assume in a way that is deistic, if it is to prove better than the selection pressures that shape it. But I put it to you, that you do not know everything.
What if it turns out that you have less life in Evolution, than you have thought? Have you considered what you will do, once the life of what you have turned to in Evolution, has proven finite, beatable? I want to be clear, I am not going to rubbish you, for having attempted to believe "Evolution" - the motive behind this, is just to remind you, that there is an alternative?
The point is, Creation will still be here - at the end. There will always be a way to incorporate Evolutional ideas, into a paradigm that glorifies the Creator; even without the Creator, the idea that certain things are irreducibly complex, has a high competitive value and there are other ideas like it. It is possible that you could come to understand yourself and your place in the cosmos, with concepts that lend themselves to intelligent design, that there is a freedom to voice praise for all that we come to be, that we be thankful to those that share it with us.
I am not trying to prove God, I am trying to say, the elements of Creation that we all enjoy, can be enjoyed with no strings attached - Evolution promises the same, but gets mired in clamouring for the top position, as if beating all takers is the best form of promise. Don't get sucked in by that. But don't rush to Creation, either - if what I said was true, there would be no reason, to switch operandi, until it had been understood. Creation is something you can understand.
So when it turns out that you are surrounded by Evolutionists, who are all ready to burn you, for stepping outside the realm of what they call "known", just remember, we - the Creationists - will be here, to see what you can do, with what was given (with what was given, when what was created was given (as Creation)). Don't be afraid. That is what our Lord Master and Friend, said to us, that we lay hold of the prize.
I will confess, that there are aspects of Evolution that I find useful, myself. I am - knowing my welcome in Jesus - willing to take on concepts that do not immediately fit in the Creationist mould, not that I betray my faith, but that I expand it, to understand that what we want most from that which we believe in, is a way to be close with each other, in the praise we have, for all that we are capable of.
It's not a hard choice, to hold out hope - I do it, you ought to do it, we all ought to at least spare a memory, of struggling with that choice.
