[FourtySeven]

If so, is your GOD so puny that He allows this 'inaccuracy' in His Word??

So if something isn't taken literally, all the time, then it's "inaccurate"? I think we've had this discussion before, but to re-iterate, (in case not), there are plenty of times when clearly Scripture shouldn't be taken as "literally true". No one can possibly say otherwise.

So, who decides when it's literally true and when it's not? You? All the YEC'ers/ID'ers? What makes their hermeneutic any better than mine?

Goodness. So many are so eager to say "you're not a real Christian if you believe in evolution" and the ultimate rationale is that their hermeneutical style is better than mine, iow, their opinion is better than mine, for no other reason than "it just is".

I've never said people who believe in a literal Creation aren't "real Christians". What ever happened to the notion of Christian charity? Or have we finally decided that there really is only one correct interpretation of Scripture? If so, what Church is that?

[Al Simmons]

"I've never said people who believe in a literal Creation aren't "real Christians"."

Oh. OK. Then its just my ex. "What ever happened to the notion of Christian charity?"

Young-Earth Creationist posts are charitably allowed on FR, despite their obvious, and embarassing, disconnection from reality.

"Or have we finally decided that there really is only one correct interpretation of Scripture?"

Ummm...no. I think you got lost somewhere on your way to the religion threads. This thread is about SCIENCE, which is a completely different discipline.

[Al Simmons]

Ugh. Sorry about the last post to you. It seems that in my haste I only read the last part of your reply to the person to whom my sarcastic remarks should have been directed.

Mea Culpa.

[Conservative Texan Mom]

To me, Genesis makes complete sense as an outline of creation. It is still true, just not detailed. Perhaps this was for a purpose, as creation is not the focus of the Bible, or why it was written. Prophecy about Christ begins in Genesis Ch. 3. That's pretty much right after God tells us He mad us. The Bible is a plan of salvation, and not an instruction manual for creation. It should be enough for Christians to know He did it. If the "how" was relevant to salvation, I think the "how" would be more detailed. Instead, the Bible reiterates through out, not the "how he did", but that He "did".

[Elsie]

So many are so eager to say "you're not a real Christian if you believe in evolution"...

Not really. We say that BELIEVEING in Evolution will make it HARD to be a Christian.

Darwin sure thought so!

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No matter WHICH side of the C vs E thing you fall on, it'll be your faith in Christ that is the determing item, heaven wise.