Thank you for your post. I am aware of what constitutes salvation through Christ. The point I was attempting to make was directed at the fervor of Creationists in general. According to the Bible, salvation comes as a gift...none of us can earn it or purchase it, and a belief in either Creation or Evolution is irrelevant to that salvation.
The Genesis account of Creation is a beautiful allegory, and I have no problems with it as long as the "days" mentioned in English translations represent unspecified periods of time. For if God does indeed exist, He surely exists outside of time itself...such measurements would be utterly meaningless.
Additionally, I have always found it strange that God would have to "tweak" His creation from time-to-time, which implies that His creation was somehow insufficient or flawed. How much greater would the God be that knew all in advance as He set the Universe in motion, as opposed to a god that had to fix things every so often? If there is a God, then I'm convinced He would have performed all work at the beginning, and nothing further would need to be done until Christ's appearance on Earth.
<< The Genesis account of Creation is a beautiful allegory, and I have no problems with it as long as the "days" mentioned in English translations represent unspecified periods of time. >>
Unspecified time like thousands or millions of years?
So plants existed for thousands or millions of years before the sun was made? And lasted all that time without insects to do the pollination?
Are we supposed to work for six thousand (or million years), and then rest for 1,000 years before we go to work again Monday morning? The creation week was compared directly to our work week.