Oh well, they’re messing up the Omega with replacement theology, so they might as well mess up the Alpha. If we’re to pick and choose what to accept, and what to ignore, based upon the beliefs and mores of the times, then there is no absolute truth.
There is absolute truth, though, timeless and unchanging.
Ponder the nature of God. Is evolution necessary at all? An honest answer can only be “no.” Does the Bible itself describe anything remotely like evolution, having explicitly provided a description, however basic you prefer to interpret, of the origin of all life on Earth? No, to that, too.
That the theory of evolution has provided scientific benefit, in having apparently predictive value (odd to call it predictive in hindsight, though), indicates to me, that the meaning of the data has been misinterpreted.
To me, that data just as well shows commonality of design, rather than common descent. To put it into another frame of reference, think of modular code in computer languages. Create it once, use it many times, in many applications. The presence and frequency of similar code, means a greater level of similarity in the application.
Time will bear this out. I have that faith. Speaking of time and of faith, I honestly have no idea, whether day or “yom” must be literally interpreted as meaning a six day long creation process. I certainly see no reason to argue against it, though, just as I certainly see no evidence, Biblically, for hundreds of millions, even trillions, of years. That’s only necessary to make evolution work, so-called “deep time” on an earth that purportedly was not created.
That’s what I believe, freely. You’re free to believe what you choose freely as well. But, when it comes to areas of overlap and seeming conflict, between what you believe, and what I believe, I’ll continue to point out Biblical error, based upon the plain text of the Bible, when I see it.
No animus there, just a desire to see the truth served, the eternal truth.
they messed up nothing.
they decided God is the creator and it is the job of man to determine how to make His creation work for mans uses for his time here on earth.
God loves man for his ability to begin to understand the wonders of His universe....and he is patient with and loves the luddites who blind themselves with superstition and refuse to grow....even though growth for mankind is His plan.