[Future Snake Eater]

I consider myself to be a heaven-bound Christian, but sometimes I get frustrated by fundamentalists who are certain, absolutely certain, that THEIR version of Biblical passages must be taken the way they say, or else.

Does it even matter? A person's salvation is not dependent on how old he/she believes the universe to be, but whether he/she believes in Christ as Lord and Savior.

[Safrguns]

I don't see how the bible could be taken any other way than literally. If God is truly the author, then it would not fit within His character to be playing mind games with His written Word. He has nothing to hide. He wrote the bible for us to understand... not to argue over... nor to form the basis of division within the body of Christ.

The fault is ours in our laziness and complacency to allow someone else to do the interpreting rather than ourselves in prayer and supplication to the Lord.

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Does it even matter? A person's salvation is not dependent on how old he/she believes the universe to be, but whether he/she believes in Christ as Lord and Savior.

You are 1000 percent correct, my friend.

Fortunately, God made mankind with an insatiable curiosity of how our world works. It is instinctive for each of us to crave knowledge on how our world works.

Each one of us, I'm certain, has spent much time wondering about the inner workings of the universe.