Again, polorization. Science studies Cause and Effect...you are right. There had to have been a Cause for Big Bang...God! And Life does not create itself...why can't God have been behind the long-term rise of Man? And how in a world where Chaos naturally results when Order decays can Life of a more complex nature grow out of the simpler forms? God! I wish the Creationists in here could imagine God more as Engineer of our life, and less as Magician of our life. (Whew, gonna pay for that one!)
I am a Christian as well. Please read post#587. That will tell you the basis for my thinking with respect to those questions. Basically, you need to assume that God is present without being defined in time and space. God created time and space as we know it thru the big bang, and put everything we see today into motion in that one event. We are trying to get a better understanding of God's creation. We are being told that, unless we confirm what is written word for word in the bible(a craetion story >3K years old), that we are going to hell(that has been stated many times in many evo/YEC threads). I personally do not see any problem with trying to understand the universe if I believe God is the creator/artist behind it. But some YEC would have you believe that I am going to hell because I do not go thru life with blinders on. I take offense to that.