Not pointless, Joe.
The difference between Divine Purpose and chance is enormous...
And what makes you so sure evolution does not demonstrate Divine Purpose? Isn't it arrogant to believe you understand the mind of God so well that you can't accept that possibility?
I haven't said that I 'know' how God created the earth. I have said what I believe.
I used to believe that God might have started the process in motion and then let it evolve, and I understand, and have many Christian brothers and sisters who believe that.
As I have grown in my understanding of God, I have come back to a 6 day creation and a young earth as more likely. That's where I am as a believer.
But we are all dealing in what we don't KNOW to be facts. We are ALL dealing in a belief system, and are putting our trust in others (unless every evolutionist on this thread has done his own research, and researched the research already done to see if it is valid).
You are putting your faith in science. I have serious doubts that science is always the 'objective truth' that it claims to be.
But when I talked about the 'difference between Divine Purpose and chance,' I was referring to those who do not believe that God created us........human beings......in His image, but that we are just the result of chance.
There is an enormous difference in the life of one who knows God made him/her and loved him/her, and one who thinks that all of us are just a product of chance.