Just so you all know where I stand, I *am* an either/or kinda gal, and though when I was first saved I did not see a problem with evolution having a place post-Creation, I now know without qualm or doubt or equivocation that Creation was a one-time event and that there is no "evolution" as defined by "Science"/scientists. I know a lot of things now that I didn't know then!
One's understanding, concepts, ideas, dreams, hopes, cares, plans "evolve" over time, but not the created beings who have them, unless one considers the aging process or weight gain/loss, etc. to be forms of "evolution." Similarly, cross-breeding (organic or imposed) produces a sort of "evolution" but this is not the same sort of evolution which is generally discussed on these threads.
Hope that sets me apart and sets my position straight with you all whom I so admire and love! (:
Dearest sister in Christ, if the leading Spirit has drawn you to this understanding of these matters, with the result that you feel you must describe yourself as an "either/or kind of gal," then who am I to quibble?
All I can offer in return is this: I also believe that Creation was a "one-time event." To amplify this understanding, I would need to add that my leading Spirit has suggested that this "one-time event" took place in an "Eternal Moment," the expression of which may possibly play out in a process that looks like it's "evolutionary" -- though not in the Darwinian sense -- in what we understand to be "ordinary" space and time.
It doesn't matter at all "who is 'right'" here. The important thing is that our Lord's will be done in all things, on heaven and on earth. And I'm sure we both believe that is the truth of the matter.
Anyhoot, in my post I said I didn't understand why people think they have to make a choice between science and philosophy. I wasn't defending Darwinist theory at all; though I do think there is something to this idea of evolution that is not inconsistent with the Logos and Will of our Creator. Again, it all seems to boil down to how we imagine the "time problem."
And the "time problem" is especially difficult; because Eternity as a concept is almost unimaginable by most people (i.e., people who do not know our Lord). But you do know our Lord, and you listen and follow Him, dearest sister. And I know you are faithful to His Truth.
Thank you so very much for writing my dearly loved and honored sister in Christ.