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I was certainly educated as young earth creationist. I went to private church-sponsored schools through college.

I’ve since come to the conclusion that what I had been taught was a belief, a faith, a matter of perceived doctrine, but not really true or supported by the facts that we could really examine.

I guess at that point you have to make a choice. I go with the facts.

And modify my beliefs. It’s not an either/or thing between science and religion. It’s just not.

Yes, I don’t believe the world is 6,000 years old anymore. That’s absurd, in my opinion.

Even if it’s 4.65 billion years old and man evolved over time, it doesn’t mean there isn’t a God, and this wasn’t his plan.

The concepts are not in conflict except by those who insist they are for some other reason.

Even if it’s 4.65 billion years old and man evolved over time, it doesn’t mean there isn’t a God, and this wasn’t his plan.

Very good point.

When it was proven as fact that the Earth was not the absolute center of the Universe and Sun did not revolve around us that did not change the spiritual nature of God or of believers. God did not cease to exist for believers just because we learned the Earth was not flat and the Sun did not revolve around it.

For those who believe can still believe and even find, if they have an open mind, just how much more complex and amazing life and the world and the Universe around us is rather than relying on centuries old (or even older) beliefs based on limited knowledge and limited observation.

The conundrum for “some” Bible believing folks is that they take every Word quite literally and are stuck on the words and forgetting that while the Bible tells us the history of a people and has within its text many historical facts, people and places and events, it is mostly a spiritual text, infused with a lot of allegory and metaphors – a literary convention common during the days that the scriptures were passed on, first orally then put to paper, and meant to impart lessons about morals and the nature of human behavior, good and bad, rather than to be taken literally word for word.

"Rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words or superficial interpretations"