by Gene Scarborough » Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:45 am
One of my life-long dilemmas was the biblical account of creation and that of evolution. The solution comes when you realize both stories are a theory of how we got here. A theory attempts to explain things and those holding to it are obligated to test and inquire in the most factual way to prove or disprove the theory.
The resolution of my conflict came with good biblical study and learning something about the Hebrew word for time which can equally mean "indefinite period of time." The fact there are 2 stories of creation in the Bible is another problem for saying the Bible is right and Science is wrong.
When you put the 2 theories up side-by-side there are many similarities to the point I don't have to choose one or the other, but recognize what each is trying to say.
Science is more interested in the "What" of creation while the Bible is focusing on the "Why" of its story. Earth and Carbon 14 dating tell a story of long eons of time. Anyone trying to say "evolution has stopped" is thinking only short periods of time and afraid to admit the biblical "day" was hardly 24 hours. If you think creation was 4,000 years ago, let me take you to the Phosphate Mine across the river from me. They are digging through eons of sediments when the ocean used to go up to Fayetteville some 120 miles inland from Bath. You can see the old beach in what is called the Sandhills section of NC.
I see no real conflict nor reason to force anyone to make a choice. The publishers of Creationist textbooks are getting rich over the tempest in a teapot. Perhaps that's more descriptive than "dervish." Last time I checked, a "dervish" is a drunken and frantic dance akin to a fit.
Gene Scarborough