I didn't interpret Genesis. And there is nothing there to interpret. If you want to argue that there is, you're arguing something that isn't there in the language. Been over that ground many times. And the language isn't your only problem, sir. Go look at the order of events. Plants can't live millions of years in darkness. God seperated the waters and the land, filled the land with plants, made the sunlight for day time and the moon for night,.. etc.
There is a precise order to the creation story of Genesis and it's there for an obvious reason. Evolution turns it around and says every detail is precisely backwards of what God's word says. And that is a simple matter of being able to read, sir. Interpretation doesn't come into it. Being able to raise kids is something heathens can do. Do you suppose heathens are thusly qualified to be an elder in your church? And as for calling someone a pedophile, I think I referred to the fact of the press accounts of pedophiles being busted in a prominant sect that calls itself Christian. Other sects let practicing homosexuals teach from the pulpit. So, it begs the question - are you a christian, or just using the term for your own ends. When you imply that your belief in evolution is somehow a measure of whether it's an acceptable christian belief, we have a right to review that. The two belief systems are in direct contention with one another. Given the choice between you being right and the Bible being right, I'll stick with the Bible. Science and the Bible are at least compatible and uncontradictory.
As for whether I'm a gentleman or not, I did'nt accuse you of anything. I noted there is a difference between what is christian and what pretends to be. You asked a general question, I gave a general answer. And there was nothing ungentlemanly about it. To the extent there was, do you suppose Christ was a gentleman and overturned the moneychanger's tables by neatly picking everything up, placing it on the floor, picking up the tables carefully and rolling them over.. I thought as Christians we're supposed to follow and emulate Christ and tell the truth. I'm not real sure how you do that and not point out outright lies.. If that's ungentlemanly to you, I'd recommend you might want to figure out what it is you do believe and whether it comes from Christ or your own wisdom. Calling God's word a lie and supplanting it with another belief system isn't exactly the act of a christian, much less a minister.
Nobody denies you the right to believe what you will; but, if you are a minister, you should go reread what christ said about following two masters. You're following evolution as a belief system and trying to fit Christ in where he doesn't disagree with your other system. When it and Christ disagree, you decide His word must be wrong - thus you keep to one and hate the other. Your response is likewise expected. As a minister, this is something you should not have to be told. How is it that I'm not one and yet know this? If the minister, ministers not and the laity knows better, what has become of the church.
Nonsense. You don't understand the Bible.