[pageonetoo]

Creationists would have us believe the Bible is the literal truth, not the phenomenological truth. It the Bible says the sun stood still, then it stood still. And therefore must revolve around the earth.

If you begin with the assumption that there is a God, it is not difficult to extrapolate that to believe that He is able to suspend the passage of time, to part a body of water, or to change water into wine.

If you believe in evolution, you have to start with the assumption that man doesn't natter in this universe! We are just a fleeting moment, and then we will become something else...

Sometimes I think I may agree with them*. But, I don't really, in the end. I believe in an omnipotent God. I guess I should be ignored for my primitive ideas.

You can believe whatever you wish. Just quit peddling this "snake oil" evolution THEORY you worship!

*algore is a good example of de-evolution.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"If you believe in evolution, you have to start with the assumption that man doesn't natter in this universe!"

He may not natter, but there is no assumption he doesn't matter.

"I believe in an omnipotent God."

Most people who accept evolution in the USA are Christians, so your dichotomy is a false one.

[Seamoth]

If you believe in evolution, you have to start with the assumption that man doesn't natter in this universe!

No, you start with the assumption that man is the pinnacle of evolution. Whereas in Christianity, you have to start with the assumption that man is lower than scum and deserves to burn in hell for eternity from birth. I certainly didn't have any self esteem as a fundamentalist who could never get ahead of her own sinful nature.

That was somewhat tongue in cheek. Of course Christianity is more complex than that, and evolution makes no--nada--statements on the meaningfulness of man or lack thereof. The point is that the existence of the supernatural is not a requirement for meaning.

[Non-Sequitur]

If you begin with the assumption that there is a God, it is not difficult to extrapolate that to believe that He is able to suspend the passage of time, to part a body of water, or to change water into wine.

Then wouldn't God have stopped the earth from revolving and make the earth stand still, not the sun? Yet that is not what the Bible says.

You can believe whatever you wish. Just quit peddling this "snake oil" evolution THEORY you worship!

As soon as you stop trying to demonstrate your faith and call it science.