HONESTLY!
I don't understand what you guys mean by Evolution vs Creation.
Creation is the theory that a supreme being created everything.
Evolution is the theory that states that creatures adapt to their environment which results in physical and mental modification in the long term.
Where do this theories collide exactly? That's what i don't understand.
Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
HONESTLY!I don't understand what you guys mean by Evolution vs Creation.
Creation is the theory that a supreme being created everything.
Evolution is the theory that states that creatures adapt to their environment which results in physical and mental modification in the long term.
Where do this theories collide exactly? That's what i don't understand.
Timelines for one. Creationism says what 6000 years or so while evolution says billions. That's a huge discrepancy.
If you take the Bible literally it was 6 days.
Originally posted by socool8520
Timelines for one. Creationism says what 6000 years or so while evolution says billions. That's a huge discrepancy.If you take the Bible literally it was 6 days.
I'll base my argument on the Christian concept of Creation since it's the one am most familiar with:
God created the Earth in 6 days according to the Genesis.
However, we must analyze. Are 6 days literal? No. Not really.
The bible is a very metaphorical book. Furthermore, if we see it in a Godly perspective, time isn't a thing.
God isn't affected/influenced by time.
For him 14Billion years mean nothing.
Now, i see it this way:
How would you explain a being whose rationality isn't that great that the Earth was created along with everything in 4 billion years?
The first humans weren't even familiar with the concept of time. They only saw the sun going up and down. So how do you expect them to understand that Earth was created in BILLIONS OF YEARS?
Now, where is it stated in the Bible that evolution isn't a thing exactly?
Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
I'll base my argument on the Christian concept of Creation since it's the one am most familiar with:God created the Earth in 6 days according to the Genesis.
However, we must analyze. Are 6 days literal? No. Not really.
The bible is a very metaphorical book. Furthermore, if we see it in a Godly perspective, time isn't a thing.
God isn't affected/influenced by time.
For him 14Billion years mean nothing.
Now, i see it this way:
[B] How would you explain a being whose rationality isn't that great that the Earth was created along with everything in 4 billion years?
The first humans weren't even familiar with the concept of time. They only saw the sun going up and down. So how do you expect them to understand that Earth was created in BILLIONS OF YEARS?
Now, where is it stated in the Bible that evolution isn't a thing exactly? [/B]
We always run back to the "it's not literal, it's a metaphor" if it has been proven bogus by science. If this is just a book of metaphors, then why not just read Aesop's fables and be done with it?
Originally posted by socool8520
We always run back to the "it's not literal, it's a metaphor" if it has been proven bogus by science. If this is just a book of metaphors, then why not just read Aesop's fables and be done with it?
You take it as if people from back then had the mental, technological, and rational level as we do.
Try explain a kid about how earth was created in 4 billion years and he won't even understand what a Billion is.
Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
You take it as if people from back then had the mental, technological, and rational level as we do.Try explain a kid about how earth was created in 4 billion years and he won't even understand what a Billion is.
This is arrogant imo. There were geniuses back then just as there is now. Without going into specifics, you could get a person to understand a longer span of time than six days.
Originally posted by socool8520
This is arrogant imo. There were geniuses back then just as there is now. Without going into specifics, you could get a person to understand a longer span of time than six days.
Considering they didn't had Carbon 14 testers back then I don't see how they could imagine Billions of years.
Even so, the Bible is clear when saying that 1 day is 1000s of years for God, and 1000s of years is 1 day.
God isn't affected/limited by time. Which makes it obvious that 6 days must not be taken literal.
Arrogance would be to think that an Omnipotent being sees time the way you do.