“What’s odd to me is that this reply truly appears to beg a response from an ignorant Creation-believing literalist like myself, who is so obviously in the minority. What’s even more odd is how the evolutionists (and you know who you are) keep dragging out this tired old thing about how we Creationists are in the minority.”
—If you are tired of that “old thing” (i.e the inconvenient fact that most evolutionists believe in God and most people who believe in God are evolutionists) than you should probably avoid the old, tired, daft, insidious, obviously false, absurd-on-its-face, poisoning-of-the-well, canard that “almost every evolutionist in history” was moved “to deny the existence of God”. It’s just begging for the correction that you’re so tired of hearing. And no, the God that most evolutionists believe in is not some metaphorical God, but a God as real as yours. And conversely, most of those that believe in a theistic miracle-producing God believe in evolution.
Evolution/Darwinism is no more materialistic or atheistic than any other scientific theory in existence. As with every other scientific theory in existence, it’s merely saying what many believe ought to occur as a result of the laws of nature - and uses physical evidence and the laws of nature to derive what did occur. Of course, it does collide with some people’s interpretation of the Bible, just as heliocentricity collides with some people’s interpretation of Scripture (http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/geocentr.htm) but that doesn’t mean that the goal of evolution or heliocentricity is to attack God or Christians.
“but that doesn’t mean that the goal of evolution or heliocentricity is to attack God or Christians.”
I certainly don’t feel attacked... you talk about interpretation, other of your kindred spirit throw around the words metaphor and allegory. Either way, you’re both wrong.
I won’t argue about what you believe or don’t believe. I’m sure you do believe in God. But Genesis is very, very specific and it’s not for naught. It’s a lot of wasted ink and a lot of wasted years if it does not mean what it says.
Semantics aside, you cannot get around the fact that Genesis means six literal days and that throughout the Bible the idea was carried from generation to generation.
Now if you want to argue the bible is incorrect, then I’ll go there with you. Your particular argument is no different than the atheist who claims this nation is not and never was founded to be a Christian nation. In my opinion they can argue the founders were wrong, but they cannot intelligently argue original intent.
In summation, scream it ‘til your throat is raw, but most Christians do not believe in evolution, my friend (please shoot me... I’m channeling McCain). Most Church going, Bible believing Christians believe in Creation and not Evolution. It’s the ones who do not know the scripture or were never taught it properly that believe in the desecration that is Evolution.
Now, that’s what I’m sayin’ ‘bout it brutha!.