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If I claimed to be an Atheist, and yet said I believed in the Holy Trinity, I could rightly be called out for holding to beliefs that are incompatible with Atheism. Similarly, those who consider themselves to be Christian are obligated to give assent to certain fundamental doctrines. One of those theological understandings, amply attested to in the Creeds, is that the heavens and the Earth were created by God.

Please note that I am not arguing for a particular "date" of creation. It appears that time as we know it (i.e. twenty-four hour days) only came into being on the 4th day of creation. I believe there is a great deal of mystery regarding how God actually created the heavens and the Earth, and the subject should be approached with a great measure of humility.

Unfortunately, many Christians are afraid to affirm God as Creator because the price they will have to pay is more than they wish to bear. So they bow the knee to Darwin, and relegate God to Francis Schaeffer's "Ghost in the Machine" - the belief of superstitious people that mysterious forces actually were behind, e.g., the mechanism in the clock tower. Educated people, of course, look upon such folk beliefs with bemused toleration, knowing that the operation of the mechanism is perfectly explained by mechanics.

Similarly, atheists and secularists - and evolutionists - look with bemusement upon people of Faith who belief in a Creator God, because the theory of evolution is a perfectly satisfactory explanation that does not require any supernatural component.

I fear that those who deny this aspect of their Faith out of the fear of man will one day answer for their refusal to confess God as Creator.

Regards.