RE: There are so many different creation theories. Not going to get into a debate this am with folks, but there are several that don’t fit into those three.
If you went to the bottom of the article of this thread (by clicking on the article’s link above) , you will see an online survey, asking readers the following questions and giving them the following choices:
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Which of the following statements most closely represents your feelings regarding the origins of the human race?
* As stated in Scripture, God created the entire universe in six days. The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground.
* The nature of the Bible is somewhat allegorical, so the time spans involved may be different, but God did literally create man as we are today at some point in the past.
* God caused man to rise up above the other animals over a period of time. If you want to call that “evolution” feel free.
* Man evolved over a period of millions of years from lower primates, but this was all precisely how God designed the universe to unfold.
* God was the spark of creation, but left everything and everyone with free will. He made evolution possible, but didn’t much interfere with the process.
* Why are you still asking about God? He never existed. We are the inevitable outcome of the evolution of natural forces.
“Man evolved over a period of millions of years from lower primates, but this was all precisely how God designed the universe to unfold.”
Creationists seem to have a big problem with randomness in nature - as if the power of God stops at the Casino door. The Bible says “The dice are cast into the lap, but every result is from the Lord.”
As to being created from “dust” - The Bible says that I also was created “from dust” and that “to dust” I will return; but I was also created via a natural process involving DNA.
Was my creation “from dust” less literal than the creation of Adam “from dust”?