When I say that I'm not a strict creationist, I'm refering to the
idea that
the universe, the earth, and everything living on it were created
roughly 10000
years ago. Certainly I'm a creationist in the sense that I believe that God
created the universe, there's no other way it could have come to be. Also,
you are completely right:
David:
I think your attitude of waiting for a third
option is simply that gnawing feeling that something is amiss with the
purely scientific explanation of natural laws and evolution explaining it
all.
That is precisely why I am waiting for a third option. I believe that a
purely scientific explanation of natural laws and evolution can't explain life
getting here. I think there is a lot of necessary evidence missing for
evolution, but that evolution is accepted because the only other possibility,
God, is ruled out in advance (by scientists). However, I also believe
that the
universe, the earth, and (possibly) life have been around for a very
long time.
Quoting David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Conor wrote:
Personally, I'm not convinced that the seven
days of creation are meant to be taken literally.
I tend to think they are to be taken literally, primarily because of the
emphasis on evening and morning, but also because the first creation account
appears to be an empirical, chronological style description in comparison to
the second creation account.
Conor wrote:
Ironically though, I'm not a strict evolutionist,
or a strict creationist. I'm still waiting for a third
option, which seems to be slow in coming.
If you believe that God created the heavens and the earth, then you are a
creationist. How he did that becomes secondary. For a pure scientist, God
did not create. The scientist has no creationist option at all. Evolution
is the only option.
Creationist models can incorporate evolutionary components, and should, but
scientifically oriented evolutionary models cannot and do not incorporate
any creationist components. I think your attitude of waiting for a third
option is simply that gnawing feeling that something is amiss with the
purely scientific explanation of natural laws and evolution explaining it
all.
My sense is that the earth and universe is old, but life on earth is of
relatively recent origin.
David Miller
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