"As a Catholic, I don't feel obliged to believe that God created the universe 6,000 years ago."
"As a Christian, I do feel obliged. And for some fairly obvious reasons. This is the differnece between Christianity and those who model themselves after it - including many protestant sects."
I have a problem with a literal interpretiation of the bible given the number of translations its been through. Anyone who has ever done translation knows what gets lost from one version to the next. What version are you on?
I for one am certain that the universe existed more than 6000 years ago. A trip to the natural history museum to see the bones of gods wonderous creatures before he got to us convinces me.
Uh, hello. The old testament went from Hebrew directly to every other language on the planet. If you have questions about the translation you read, the original language is still there to check. The original language belies the falsehoods propagated in a number of translations. If you know the history of the Bible, you'll know that the KJV is about the best, most accurate going. But you still have access to the original texts. So, I'm not sure what you are arguing or what you think you are arguing. The Hebrew is quite explicit in it's meaning - leaving no room to interpret "The first day" as anything more than the very first 24 hour day. No wiggle room. If you decide to call God a liar, what you believe after that is irrelevant. You're just another anti-God heathen who has chosen a path to hell once you start blaspheming God and his word. Plain and simple. God created the animals - including dinosaurs as we've decided to call them recently - in six days. Furthermore, he created one of each of them seperately in Eden for Adam to name. That's in Genesis 2. So you can choose to believe God is a liar or that he is truthful in what he saw to it was put in his word. You will be responsible for blasphemy if you choose to call him a liar by believing evolution just as adam and eve were held responsible for believing satan over God in eden. You can blow sunshine at God while calling him a liar and seem to find no issue in that. So, I have a hard time believing you're christian if that is your claim. Just be careful not to teach that stuff to anyone else.. bad enough being judged for blaspheming God.. I wouldn't want to see you judged a false teacher as well - really nasty stuff in store for them.. This ain't a game.