Have you ever discussed Evolution with a Creationist?

Question

"The Earth is 6000 years old."

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Answer 1

Yes

Now tell me...Have you ever discussed Creation with an Evolutionist?

Answer 2

I am Jewish, and here is how I take the whole thing.

My belief is that God gave Torah to Moses on the mountain. He had to tell Moses that he needed to tell people that it was wrong to murder, it was wrong to steal, and it was wrong to lie because God said so. Do you really believe that someone who has to be told that theft and murder is wrong is really ready to learn about evolution, astrophysics, orbital mechanics, geology, etc, etc? Hardly. However, when the people get to the Promised Land and things settle down, they are going to ask a simple question. "Where did we come from?"

There is nothing wrong with creationism as written in the Bible. A day is more of a point in time that the people could understand. Many early cultures had very limited number systems. Some only had numbers that went up to maybe 10 because that's how many fingers we have. Numbers beyond that where simply "many". They don't need math in many instances, so it was never developed. You honestly think that a civilization that lived in slavery for generations is going to be able to understand millions, much less billions, of years? 10 years is a long time for a slave.

They simply were not ready for it. What is written in Genesis while it is not factually correct in my opinion, it does give a very general overview of what happened, and in what stages it happened in. Think about it. First, light and dark from only dark. The Big Bang maybe? Second, formation of masses, separating the water from the water. Formation of planets. Third, land formation and vegetation. Early life on the planet was far more plant than animal, and it would remain that was for a very, very long time. That Primordial Soup was cooking for a very long time. Fourth, Sun and Moon formed. Settling of the orbits of the planets. Fifth, and this is interesting. The waters bring forth all forms of life. We evolved out of the water. First there were sea creatures, and that brought forth all forms of life. Then, on the 6th day, God calls for LAND to bring forth all forms of life. In the end, the last animal made, is man. We are the most current evolution of a strain of land animals.

Like I said, factually, there are big holes in it. However, God didn't lie one bit. It happened in those stages according to science. God just put it in terms a very primative people could understand.

Answer 3

I've never understood this disagreement, but then I don't believe the bible to have been sent to us through some sort of divine dictaphone; it is man's interpretation. 6000 years sounds like a long time, right, so call it 6000 years...no big deal. (a thousand ages in my sight is as but an evening...)

Answer 4

Look, just playing God's advocate here... I am a Diast and if you dont know what that is, look it up, its the same "religion" as George Washington., anyway...

Scientists have fossil records which "prove" the Earth is approx. 4.5 billion years old. Isn't is possible for God to have created the Earth to LOOK that old, while actually only being 6,000 years old?

I have in the past found it highly amusing to watch religious Right wingers use "The Ice Age" and the "death of the dinosaurs" to justify continuing to pollute our planet by burning "Fossil" fuels, and they never see the irony.

If the Earth is only 6,000 years old, there WAS no Ice Age, there WERE no Dinosaurs and we aren't running out of "Fossil" fuels, that oil has to have come from somewhere else then.

Since the Earth IS so young, Global Warming can ONLY be another of God's harsh judgments on Mankind. He did it once with a flood, now he's going to flood us out again, by melting the Ice Caps.

Answer 5

Traveling at the speed of light, you would observe the creation and the destruction of earth in a single instant. If you want to be true to physics, then time is a very silly thing to bring up.
Anyway, its clear to me that most creationists dont understand fundamentally what evolution is. But whats especially funny to me is that many people who belive in evolution also dont understand fundamentally what it is.

Answer 6

It is like discussing a complicated book with a blue collar ex-jock, really no point to the discussion.

Answer 7

There is a Creationist museum of natural history in my town. It's a riot. The laughs are worth the visit.

Answer 8

Yeah, my ninth grade priest who taught me religion in a catholic high school. I questioned everything even then. I flunked the course. How does a person flunk religion in their ninth year of school after eight years of catholic school? By asking questions and not believing in blind faith, that's how.

Answer 9

This is frequently discussed in the religion and spirituality section. But yes, it's absurd.

Answer 10

didn't you know that their god bought this earth second hand , the dinosaurs god had it in the pawn shop along long long time, befor he lost the ticket for it