[Stubborn]

All I can tell you is that the church's interpretation disagrees with your interpretation.

My Bible (Haydock Bible http://www.catholictreasures.com/cartdescrip/11050.html ) says that the first cause of all things must be God, who, in a moment, spoke, and heaven and earth were made; heaven with all the Angels; and the whole mass of the elements, in a state of confusion, and blended together, out of which the beautiful order, which was afterwards so admirable, arose in the space of six days: thus god was free to manifest His free choice in opposition of those Pagans who attributed all to blind chance or fate.

[megatherium]

The Haydock Bible sounds like a beautiful book. But I must say that when it comes to scientific matters, the commentary might be a teeny bit dated: the Church, as I understand it, now accepts theistic evolution. (That is, the Earth is old, and life gradually developed from a single, simple common ancestor -- but God directed it, it didn't happen by chance. This is what I believe, by the way; some evolution occurs by natural selection because God designed life to have this ability, but the origin of life and major decision points in evolution were designed by God with the creation of humanity in mind.)

I should also mention that rather than falling in the Catholic camp or the Evangelical camp (everyone here seems to be in one or the other), I am in the Anglican camp (I belong to a conservative Episcopal parish).