I have heard that the dates of creation, or how old the world, according to creationism is, conflicts with the theory of evolution. I am a believer in that Jesus Christ died for my sins and know very well that God does not always work in the time we may think or expect. Nor does he always work in the methods we would think or expect. When it comes to evolution, I do not discount that it maybe possible that God could work in this way. At one point in time, the Catholic church locked up Galileo for discovering that the earth revolved around the sun and not the other way around. (At this point in time in the 16th century, the Church was teaching that the light of the sun came from God and revolved around us, always watching us). And as for Science, well, for a long time it was thought that DNA was too simple to possibly carry all the information needed to make up our genetics and that proteins were they key to our genetics. Also, it wasn’t until the the late 19th century that germs were considered relevant and so doctors didn’t see a need to wash their hands before picking up a scalpel. My point being: Humans are capable of error. It doesn’t matter if they are a scientist or a preacher, they are capable of error. If God saw it as being something that would intensely effect our everlasting life, he would have made these things completely clear in the Bible. Yet, God is not confined to our reality and has made clear what is most important for us to have eternal life: FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. Over and over we see illustrations of faith throughout the pages of the Bible. I don’t understand the point of argument. Science is God’s art. We are merely observers. It all comes down to someone either has faith or they don’t. They either see they can not save their life through their own energies, or they don’t. If we have to have proof to back up God’s word, then we either believe ourselves to be above God, or we simply lack faith in God. These arguments really just distract us from the love God has called us to give one another.

Take Care and God bless you for trying to help people have better understanding.

http://michaelkrahn.com/blog/2009/02/19/creation-vs-evolution/

I wrote it to answer a question, rather than as a stand-alone post, which perhaps explains the limitations. I certainly wasn’t hoping to drop a grenade on Michael’s blog.

However, if you look at it as a post about religion and evolution, in the context of that wider debate you’ll see that it’s actually an argument against evolutionism, the case which Dawkins et al make, that argues that evolution implies atheism. I’m also saying that there is a distinction between the kinds of questions that science should address and that theology should address, something which is itself quite controversial. {Pulls out pin, runs away…}

ED…

You can sum up his POV with this “God had his hand in everything, including threading morality into the fabric of life”. Not really a mind blowing new stance or advance in thought.