We Christians believe that God become enfleshed in the body of a virgin, was born, made water into wine, the blind to see, healed the sick, raised the dead, etc. - died as the propitiation for our sins, resurrected on the third day, awaits in heaven and will come again. We believe that every thing that was made, was made by Him and for Him.
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. - Revelation 4:11
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. - John 1:1-3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. - Hebrews 11:3
“I suspect some Christians who accept common descent haven’t really thought it through very well.”
Spirited: Exactly. If common descent is true then death predates Adam and Eve, making God Himself responsible for death and suffering. And if God is so obviously cruel and merciless then man must look to himself for salvation.