I just love it when creationists accept some parts of science, but reject others.
Apparently when it comes to creation, everything can be explained by looking at a few hundred words in Genesis. If it isn't in there, then it didn't happen. Sure, that makes a lot of sense.
Genesis didn't say anything about Dinosaurs. It didn't say anything about 90 some percent of the creatures of the earth going extinct, yet their bones are here.
Can't you creationists just get it through your heads that God only gave you a really really really abrieviated story of Creation in Genesis, and there's plenty of room to drive truck loads of Evolution between those few hundred words.
Reference Job 40:15
"Behold the Behemoth: I created him and I created you. He eats grass like an ox but what strength is in his body, and what power is in his muscles. His tail is like a cedar tree, and muscles in his legs are strong. His bones are strong as bronze, and his legs are like iron bars, the most amazing of all my creatures! Only his creator can defeat him. Grass to feed him grows on the hills where wild beasts play. He lies down under the thorn bushes, and the willows by the stream give him shelter in the shade....."
Well, as I see it, Creationists and Evolutionists both base their beliefs on several assumptions. And from reading these threads, it seems to me the Evolutionists act more like 'Bible-thumpers' then the Creationists do. Or better yet, like militant Islamics defending their religous beliefs.
No, Genesis doesn't talk about Dinosaurs (although Leviathon appears in Job I believe), nor does it talk about zebras, water buffalo, amoebas, or DNA. In fact, after the first few chapters, it doesn't talk about much more then the small area of the middle east either.
But just because they're not mentioned doesn't change my belief that God created them. And that He created them in a logical manner, with potential for 'adjustments' (ie the ability to adapt) built in.
All the scientific discoveries coming to light in the last few years--DNA, genetics, archeology, astronomy, space exploration--are absolutely fascinating and exciting. Because it shows how little we really know about what we think we know.