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Er, I really don’t wish to get into the middle of the dispute – but I would like to point out that both sides seem to be deeply concerned for our brothers and sisters in Christ who are troubled by what they perceive are differences between Scripture and what they understand about the physical world.

At the root, you agree on Christ and you agree on brotherly love - the truly important things.

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and [that] no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. – I Cor 12:13

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. - Matt 22:37-40

Perhaps your apparently irreconcilable differences are also part of God’s will?

For instance, when Paul and Barnabas split up over their irreconcilable differences and went their separate ways, the Gospel spread further and faster. – Acts 15:39-41

Or to put it another way, even though you cannot speak with the same voice, perhaps there are some that the one of you could reach that the other could not?

"Or to put it another way, even though you cannot speak with the same voice, perhaps there are some that the one of you could reach that the other could not?"

"Blessed are the peacemakers..." -- Matthew 5:9

Additional FReepmail response headed for you, dear Sister...

Or to put it another way, even though you cannot speak with the same voice, perhaps there are some that the one of you could reach that the other could not?

Well put, Alamo-Girl. BTW, I've enjoyed reading your research for years. You have a real talent.

The real problem is that I am a scientist by training and career. Young-Earth Creationists make it difficult for me to witness to my peers. Thanks in part to the mainstream media, many non-Christians believe that all Christians are ignorant and scientifically illiterate. I have to get around that when talking to someone about Christ who has a science background. Atheists love Young-Earth Creationists because it gives them the opportunity to point out what they believe is the foolishness of Christianty.

Why should non-believers with a science background believe me about the saving power of Jesus Christ when so many Christians make the ludicrous claim that the earth is only 6,000 years old?

Not only that, but I have seen people who were raised to believe in Young-Earth Creationism who lost or damaged their faith when they encountered the real world. The Bible has much to say about putting a stumbling block in front of people. I see Young-Earth Creationism as a huge stumbling block that has tripped many.

I am passionate about the subject because I have witnessed firthand what a dangerous thing Young-Earth Creationism is. If I were in another field, I might not feel as strongly.

Take care and thank you again for your kind and wise post.