[UnChained]

" They apparently think that God could snap his fingers, and there was a new creature. But they don't think God could have created a life system that would modify itself over time. Creationism is such a simplistic view of God."

I agree that God "could" have used evolution but the only record we have says that He didn't. On the contrary, God regularly used supernatural acts as His calling card in the Old and New Testaments.

If you believe that He used natural mechanisms to accomplish certain ends, well and good, so do I. But I believe that the Creation events occurred as recorded.

There's nothing simplistic about my world view. I'm 54 years old and fairly intelligent and I assure you that I've given it all a lot of thought.

[steve-b]

I agree that God "could" have used evolution but the only record we have says that He didn't.

On the contrary, the one reliable record we have (that contained in the physical evidence) says just the opposite.

One might dispute the assertion that physical evidence is more reliable than documentary evidence. In that case, there's no point in arguing, just as there is no point in arguing with the jurors who found O. J. Simpson's protestations of innocence more convincing than the crime scene forensics.

[shubi]

"I agree that God "could" have used evolution but the only record we have says that He didn't"

The fossil record says He did. Don't use the misinterpretation of the Bible as a "record".