Well preserved Archaeopteryx fossil shows link between birds and dinosaurs.

[Sir Joseph]

Good for you. Do you understand why believers embrace it?

.Why should a believer, a person who has already put his faith in Christ, take up the shallow and theologically inadequate interpretation of scripture concocted to support YECism?

Yes. According to various surveys, a majority of self identifying Christians and Catholics believe in Darwinian evolutionary theory. My explanation for that would be based upon the same cause of why I believed in it until my late 30's: it's what I was taught in school, learned from TV, parks, museums, and the culture. I never got another perspective of the scientific evidence until I actually started studying the creation vs evolution issue 25 years ago. There's a whole lot more material available now for believers to research the issue, but few do, and even churches continue to neglect the entire Christian apologetics arena. Thus, most believers remain ignorant on the subject, succumbing to the cultural pressure without realizing their religious hypocrisy - belief in a naturalistic, world view doctrine (religion) that opposes their supposed Biblical world view. Like you, they don't understand the importance of Genesis as the foundation of the entire Christian faith.

Genesis lays the foundation for God's creation, his purpose for man, man's rebellion against God, the need for a redeemer, and God's fulfillment of that plan through the patriarchs, Israel, and ultimately Jesus Christ. These themes are permeated and fulfilled throughout the rest of the Bible, connecting the Old Testament prophesies with the New Testament fulfillment. Genesis is written grammatically as a historical account, not poetically or symbolically like certain other passages. Jesus, Peter, Paul, James, Jude, and others reference Genesis over 60 times in the New Testament, including specific references to the creation and flood accounts. They obviously accepted the scriptures' historicity and authority. Were they lying or wrong?

I'd say that most of my Christian and Catholic friends believe in evolution and thus reject the validity of Genesis. Most of them have other major false doctrinal beliefs. Can they repent of their sins, accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and be saved while rejecting the authority of the Bible - the foundational scriptures of their faith? I think and hope so, but I'd accuse them of being irrational, inconsistent, hypocrites - claiming to follow a faith while rejecting major doctrines and foundational scriptures of that faith.

Personally, I think the Bible is a whole package deal as Paul wrote in 2 Tim 3:16-17: "All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." A believer should either accept or reject it all. Consider, if you can't believe Genesis, why should you believe the Gospel message? Either the Bible's inspired and true, or it's not.

For those of us that do respect the authority of the Bible, a simple (or detailed) reading of the Genesis creation account clearly specifies a 24 hr / 7-day creation week and global flood. To propose otherwise requires a gross dismissal of the existing text, adding baseless new text, and disregarding of the Hebrew grammar.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Yes. According to various surveys, a majority of self identifying Christians and Catholics believe in Darwinian evolutionary theory. My explanation for that would be based upon the same cause of why I believed in it until my late 30's: it's what I was taught in school, learned from TV, parks, museums, and the culture. I never got another perspective of the scientific evidence until I actually started studying the creation vs evolution issue 25 years ago. There's a whole lot more material available now for believers to research the issue, but few do, and even churches continue to neglect the entire Christian apologetics arena. Thus, most believers remain ignorant on the subject, succumbing to the cultural pressure without realizing their religious hypocrisy - belief in a naturalistic, world view doctrine (religion) that opposes their supposed Biblical world view. Like you, they don't understand the importance of Genesis as the foundation of the entire Christian faith.

Genesis lays the foundation for God's creation, his purpose for man, man's rebellion against God, the need for a redeemer, and God's fulfillment of that plan through the patriarchs, Israel, and ultimately Jesus Christ. These themes are permeated and fulfilled throughout the rest of the Bible, connecting the Old Testament prophesies with the New Testament fulfillment. Genesis is written grammatically as a historical account, not poetically or symbolically like certain other passages. Jesus, Peter, Paul, James, Jude, and others reference Genesis over 60 times in the New Testament, including specific references to the creation and flood accounts. They obviously accepted the scriptures' historicity and authority. Were they lying or wrong?

I'd say that most of my Christian and Catholic friends believe in evolution and thus reject the validity of Genesis. Most of them have other major false doctrinal beliefs. Can they repent of their sins, accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and be saved while rejecting the authority of the Bible - the foundational scriptures of their faith? I think and hope so, but I'd accuse them of being irrational, inconsistent, heretical hypocrites - not a serious, mature Christian that really wants to know and love God through the Word he's provided.

Personally, I think the Bible is a whole package deal as Paul wrote in 2 Tim 3:16-17: "All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." A believer should either accept or reject it all. Consider, if you can't believe Genesis, why should you believe the Gospel message? Either the Bible's inspired and true, or it's not.

For those of us that do respect the authority of the Bible, a simple (or detailed) reading of the Genesis creation account clearly specifies a 24 hr / 7-day creation week and global flood. To propose otherwise requires a gross dismissal of the existing text, adding baseless new text, and disregarding of the Hebrew grammar.

So why does God's creation differ so much from what we read about in the Bible?

 

[The Barbarian]

Jesus, Peter, Paul, James, Jude, and others reference Genesis over 60 times in the New Testament, including specific references to the creation and flood accounts.

Which of them said "this is literal history, not figurative or allegorical? None of them? I think I know why.

They obviously accepted the scriptures' historicity and authority.

But they never said it was literal history? You just believe they did?

Were they lying or wrong?

They weren't. But some people who interpreted their words certainly are.

Consider, if you can't believe Genesis, why should you believe the Gospel message?

You're actually saying "if you can't believe my interpretation of Genesis, why should you believe the Gospel message?" It's important for us to remember that Christians differ on interpretation, and the fact that one has a view held by a minority of Christians, does not mean that one is authorized to speak for God.

For those of us that do respect the authority of the Bible, a simple (or detailed) reading of the Genesis creation account clearly specifies a 24 hr / 7-day creation week and global flood.

That's a slur on the majority of Christian believers. You probably want to rephrase that in a way that is within the rules here.