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By believing in evolution, you would be denying a literal reading of the Bible. I agree with you on that point. However, not all people who believe in God also believe that the Bible should be read literally. If you read the Bible with some interpretation, you could reconcile it with evolution (ie. God created plants, then fish, then birds, then mammals, then people. If God used evolution as his mechanism for creating these creatures, then the order follows roughly what is predicted by the theory of evolution.) I simply object to your blanket unfounded assertion that ALL evolutionists are also atheists. For example, I think most people would regard Darwin himself as a prominent evolutionist. He was not an atheist (despite the crap I've seen on creationist web sites about this.) What you mean to say is that all evolutionists hold religious beliefs that differ from yours. That may be true, but it is irrelevant to the debate.

"By believing in evolution, you would be denying a literal reading of the Bible. I agree with you on that point."

It's really not a "literal" issue. Genesis flows together very nicely on it's face. The Hebrew backs up a 24 hour day for Creation so there really is NO room for other interpretations. As for God creating man and woman - both were made in His image. I dare say God is NO ape and it didn't take God millions or billions of years to create mankind.

"However, not all people who believe in God also believe that the Bible should be read literally. If you read the Bible with some interpretation, you could reconcile it with evolution (ie. God created plants, then fish, then birds, then mammals, then people. If God used evolution as his mechanism for creating these creatures, then the order follows roughly what is predicted by the theory of evolution.)"

By no stretch of the imagination is evolution Biblical. Again the Hebrew for a twenty four hour day clears up any misinterpretation of that. God didn't need trial and error. To believe in evolution IS to call God a liar. BTW did you ever notice the ORDER in which the earth and animals were created in those six days? They back up legitimate science.

"I simply object to your blanket unfounded assertion that ALL evolutionists are also atheists. For example, I think most people would regard Darwin himself as a prominent evolutionist. He was not an atheist (despite the crap I've seen on creationist web sites about this.) What you mean to say is that all evolutionists hold religious beliefs that differ from yours. That may be true, but it is irrelevant to the debate.""

You may object all you like but that doesn't change the fact that believing in evolution rejects God and what He has said. The problem is that truth doesn't vary. Something is either TRUE or it is FALSE. Evolution is FALSE regardless of WHO believes in it and when a person believes in it, they reject God. It's very clear and straight forward. That statement includes Hugh Ross.