“If God created The Universe and therefore every particle of matter and energy in it. Then when life sprang from the primordial cauldron three billion years ago, how could that not be God creating life through evolution? Why should that diminish one’s faith?”
Where do you get this “primordial cauldron” idea and “three billion” years ago? My God SPOKE it into existence in 7, 24 hour days. He didn’t need “three billion” years to get His act together. Nor is He an “ape”. I and He are not the image of an ape. What you chose to believe - “three billion years” ago and this “primordial cauldron “ spells out rather clearly that you have NO faith. YOU just don’t see it or want to admit it.
“How could any person of faith attempt to ascribe to God one method of implementing His plan over another?”
A person of “faith” believes what He says. It takes away from the mulitpke choices that evolutionists got through all the time.
Creation and what Genesis states has NOTHING in common with Darwin or evolution. The choice is yours. Believe what you wish. My God delivers on what He says. I don’t know who your god is ... .
The Bible was delivered to primitive people that had no concept of extended periods of time. They counted their days with lines scratched in stone, knotched sticks or knotted cords. It would not have been possible for them to comprehend eons, eras, periods or epochs. You can not communicate an idea to a person that has no words to conceive it. As humanity builds comprehension, generation upon generation, we must avoid the mistake of viewing our ancient antecedents through the myopic lens of our modern experience.
Actually, you are an ape. The great apes are the members of the biological family Hominidae which includes humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.