“No, they aren’t both based on “belief”. And there are NO facts that can be proved in the Bible, not especially in Genesis. Sorry.”
I don’t have time to get into this now, but I suggest you take a look at http://reasons.org, the website of an organization called Reasons To Believe. This organization was founded some twenty years ago or so by a astronomer named Hugh Ross, Ph.D., who believes, and argues persuasively, that the Book of Genesis is actually perfectly consistent with out knowledge of the origin of the universe.
No, he does not argue for literal 24-hour creation days. In fact, he shows that such an interpretation is simply the misguided result of a mistranslation of the original Hebrew text.
What is very interesting is that the theory of the Big Bang was only reluctantly accepted by many in the “scientific” community because it seemed to favor the biblical idea of creation over the prevailing scientific idea of a steady-state universe with no beginning in time.
Russ, I don’t NEED to look at the site. I never said I didn’t believe in creationism. I never said I believed in Darwinism either.
I’m sorry, but I’m an amateur astronomer. I’ve gazed at the heavens through telescopes for over forty years. I have no reason NOT to believe in God. /shrug.
I agree with some of Doctor Ross’ ideas, and indeed believe that God created everything around us. I just don’t believe the Bible Authors got the dates right haha