[narby]

Believing that we were created by God, instead of evolving by chance, is CENTRAL to Christianity. One who says otherwise is making up a new, novel form of Christianity.

Really? I didn't think that the scientific history of Earth had anything whatever to do with accepting Christ as your saviour.

"Believing in the Bible" has nothing to do with it either. Genesis only has a few hundred words on the subject. Contained in two slightly different creation stories. Once you decide that you can rationalize away the differences between them, then you can rationalize your way to all kinds of things. Evolution, for example.

Are you Methodist? Lutheran? Southern Baptist? Episcopal? None of them agree totaly on many very important parts of Christian faith. That's proof right there that man has imperfect understanding of the Bible.

I believe you misunderstand Genesis. Are you right? Or am I?

By making this a Christian vs. non-Christian fight, there will be some people who will look at the evidence for Evolution and decide that it is correct and then abandon God. And you're going to pursue this point anyway when you just might be wrong?

There is no conflict between Genesis and science. Generating a conflict when there need be none is stupid for Christians.

Oh, and it damages the conservative political cause as well.

[Dataman]

I didn't think that the scientific history of Earth had anything whatever to do with accepting Christ as your saviour.

Scientific history? Don't you mean conjectured history? Maybe philosophical history? By definition, the materialistic suppositions about Earth's history cannot be scientific.