Though you man not be aware of it, you're using typical liberal methodology - It doesn't really "mean" what it "means". It must be "interpreted" to mean something other than what it clearly states - namely, "In the beginning, God created..."
Are you saying here that everything in the Bible is to be taken literally? You must believe, then, that locusts have four legs, that rabbits chew their cud, and that wearing linsey-woolsey shirts and rounding the corners of your beard are offensive to God. You must believe that slavery is okay as long as you follow the rules outlined in the Bible for the treatment of slaves. You must believe that witches not only exist, but you must kill them whenever you find them.
Are you in full compliance?
BTW - evolution also contradicts the historic position of the Church. Church fathers had the Greek version of evolution to contend with and discarded it.
Take it up with the Pope.
Gumlegs: I'll concede your point if you can demonstrate you have a direct link to God.
My link to God is via Christ and the Scriptures. Scriptures which He wrote to humans in words that humans can understand.
That's not a "direct link." I was thinking more of something along the lines of your own personal phone line or emails from God Himself. Otherwise, you have no more authority to speak for the Almighty than anyone else.
To repeat myself, you're assuming your interpretation of the scriptures is correct. If you are right, and it's so mind-bendingly obvious, why are there so many denominations of Christianity? Every denominatin argues that they've got it right and all the others are wrong. Why should we believe you?
Gumlegs: What are you doing on the internet, by the way? The Electromagnetic Theory is just as atheistic as the Theory of Evolution.
I'm intrigued. How so?
Electromagnetic theory no more takes God into account than any other scientific theory, including the Theory of Evolution.
If the Bible is written in words that are simple and easy to understand, then why isn't there just one Christian church? If it's so obvious what the Bible means, why is there such dispute over what the Bible means?