Your entire note makes Genesis verse 1 a lie.
If Genesis verse 1 is a lie, the account of creation is a lie.
If the account of creation is a lie (and if your theory were correct it would be) all of Genesis is a lie, and so also is the whole Bible. Be honest and say so.
One has two options:
(1) By man came death
or:
(2) By death came man.
I choose (1) and therefore I believe in The God and His progressively revealed Word.
Your scheme necessarily requires that you have chosen (2), and hence do not believe in God's Word; hence you do not believe in the God of the Bible.
I am a reasonably competent Ph. D. in the physical chemistry of inorganic oxides and semiconductor materials, and a successful scientist in both academics and the commercial world. I believe true science supports a six-day literal creation as exactly described in Genesis. I believe as well that the entrance of sin and death into a perfectly created world was due to deliberate disobedience of The God's single, non-negotiable command by our federal and genetic head, under the agitation of the Consummate Liar, who is also the source of the evolution falsehood.
I was not there at creation, therefore I believe.
Prove that I am wrong, if you can (and you can not).
I reject your "science" and repudiate your doctrine. Evolution and Genesis are not miscible and cannot be harmonized. Day-age theory is a farce.
Wishing a greater faith for you --
I have jumped all over the posts in this thread and forced myself to go back today and read or re-read them in order.
EnglishCon - God is a God of order and imardmd1 has defined things very succinctly for you. You’re interpretations of both science and the Bible leave you with a cognitive dissonance. Both long ages evolution and the 6,000 years described in the Bible can not both be true. Choose one - but very carefully - I warn you all science has neither followed the scientific method nor been proven true [i.e. both long age and evolution]. Historical science is not hard science and is definitely biased in favor of those providing the funding.
I’m sure you are aware of John 3:16 now please pray and re-read Romans 8. Then ask yourself - have I placed all my trust in Jesus work on the cross? Or have I been mixing truth with error due to scientific/cultural consensus?
Romans 8:19 - Gives me a certain hope that I will see my pets again in Heaven. Otherwise what event does all creation groan for?
Romans 8:31-39 makes it clear once I have placed my trust in Christ ~ His Love will prevail in ALL circumstances.
Jesus studied and affirmed all of the old testament in His days here on Earth. Is not everyman a liar yet god proven to be trustworthy and true in all things?
Please see my links page ~ it is simply a FReeper attestation to what science has shown and is most closely aligned with God’s Word. True science will never be in total opposition to the Bible.