iam trying to prove to a friend that the christian way is the true way but he tells me to give an explanation of evolution and dinosaurs.
any things i could say to prove him wrong?
love
camila smith <3
Jesus answered,
"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Camilia, the Christian way is what Christ Jesus told you and me to do, His Words to us, like these --
"34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
12 "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."
21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times."
Camilia, the Christian way is something we can tell other people about, and it's not one doctrine about Genesis chapter 1 instead of another competing doctrine about Genesis chapter 1 -- that's not the Good News that saves -- but instead is about Salvation from our wrongs by the saving mercy and grace given to us through Jesus our Christ!
Hallelujah.
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
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It's ultimately trivial to argue about small details, people's guesses about details of precisely how God made life on Earth unfold, even if through evolution, or not.
Those are not the point of the chapter.
Various peoples' speculations about whether the "days" of creation were literal or figurative, or whether given in a vision to the writer, or whether time passed between the days, etc., etc., etc., endless speculations. Those are not what the Bible is about -- the Bible is not about mere time periods, like 2.8 billion years or 6.5 consecutive days without any time allowed between them, etc., or any other entirely trivial things like that. Not in the text, but more importantly, not the purpose of the text. The purpose is not about
mere trivial details like a precise time periods, but about the fact of God as Creator, and about our salvation. The Bible is about saving your soul, and their souls. Never risk blocking someone from salvation by asserting a doctrine about Genesis chapter 1 time periods.
If they are determined God cannot exist if Genesis one is only 156 hours.....
Well, the Bible does not say it is only "156 hours". Not in the text.
Tell them the fact that many Christians think that God used evolution, if they need that. If that helps them decide to read more and learn
what Jesus said, and be saved by Him Who actually saves.