[SnakeDoctor]

>> My question is when are those who believe in evolution going to read the scientific findings of those who disagree with evolution?

My question is — why should I care? What difference does it make? Personally, I think it is a trivial debate which has a tendency to draw in and distract well-meaning Christians.

Christians often seem to think they are required to have a neat-and-tidy answer to every one of life’s unanswerable questions. But, honestly, it is okay to simply say “I don’t know”, and move on to more important matters. The truth is — we DON’T know. And, they don’t know either. I’ve never understood getting in knock-down-drag-out debates over unanswerable questions.

Read whatever interests you, certainly. But, getting in pissing matches over “evolution vs. intelligent design” isn’t particularly useful. The answer may very well be “both”.

SnakeDoc

[freedumb2003]

>>My question is — why should I care? What difference does it make? Personally, I think it is a trivial debate which has a tendency to draw in and distract well-meaning Christian

It depends? Do you want the next generation of Americans to taker a scientific back seat to India and China? And the generation after that to take a back seat to Somalia and Indonesia?

Teaching the idea that theology is somehow science — APPLICABLE science — goes well beyond the academic.

[OneVike]

Let me do the best I can at explaining why as a Christian it is of utmost importance to not believe in evolution.

For a Christian to believe in evolution is to not believe that death entered the world when Adam sinned. Paul specifically states that with sin death entered and until we believe that Christ died for our sins we are still lost in them and will eventually die the second death.

If death was around before Adam sinned then death did not enter with sin. Thus we do not need Christ to ever come death. God said it is good when he created. Evolution needs death decay and destruction to work. Where is the good in that.

My God is very big, he created the very laws of nature we live with. he could if he so pleases, and will someday change them again. That is because He is very BIG!