I have always thought that creationism and evolution sound very similar if you don't think of the creation story as word for word. As an evolutionary biologist, I know that the progress of evolution is still largely a black box. It is clear that organisms have evolved but the order of events is still largely a mystery. As for the creation story, it is not important whether the order of events are perfectly accurate. It simply means to tell us that God created many types of organisms over a course of several "days" (keeping in mind that the concept of a day did not exist during the time of creation so it could mean any length of time).
I have always thought of it as God setting up a train of dominoes (of course, metaphorically). The dominoes represent tiny evolutionary changes. The direction that each domino falls determines the next domino that will fall, and that one the next, etc...until a series of evolutionary changes is created. God spent 6 "days" setting up the dominoes such that bajillions of possible evolutionary routes were possible. Each day He focused on a different group of dominoes, representing plants, animals, sun, sky, etc. Then He pushed over the first domino and the creation of life began. During the whole process, God could alter the evolutionary route to His liking by changing the "wind". In evolutionary terms, I mean He controls the physical environment, and knows how changes in the environment influence the path of evolution. By doing this He could fine-tune His design. God's design of this evolutionary path was ultimately intended to culminate in the creation of the human race. When the human race finally came to be, God rested, and at this moment He gave humans the responsibiliy to nurture and protect His creations by their own free will. To help us out, He sent to us Jesus Christ. If we followed Jesus' example, the world He created would forever be at peace. Unfortunately, not all would follow Jesus' example, and it is this digression that results in the opposing interests that lead to war.
That is the best explanation Ive heard. Thank you. I just do not understand why the bible puts such simplistic, and seemingly concrete parameters on a process that turns out to be so complicated and open. Also, recently I have been researching the astrological explanation for the birth sequences of Jesus and the many other profits that share such a birth sequence. It is summed up in the documentary "zeitgeist the move part 1." If you have time would you look at it and tell me what you think.
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I have always thought that creationism and evolution sound very similar if you don't think of the creation story as word for word. As an evolutionary biologist, I know that the progress of evolution is still largely a black box. It is clear that organisms have evolved but the order of events is still largely a mystery. As for the creation story, it is not important whether the order of events are perfectly accurate. It simply means to tell us that God created many types of organisms over a course of several "days" (keeping in mind that the concept of a day did not exist during the time of creation so it could mean any length of time).
I have always thought of it as God setting up a train of dominoes (of course, metaphorically). The dominoes represent tiny evolutionary changes. The direction that each domino falls determines the next domino that will fall, and that one the next, etc...until a series of evolutionary changes is created. God spent 6 "days" setting up the dominoes such that bajillions of possible evolutionary routes were possible. Each day He focused on a different group of dominoes, representing plants, animals, sun, sky, etc. Then He pushed over the first domino and the creation of life began. During the whole process, God could alter the evolutionary route to His liking by changing the "wind". In evolutionary terms, I mean He controls the physical environment, and knows how changes in the environment influence the path of evolution. By doing this He could fine-tune His design. God's design of this evolutionary path was ultimately intended to culminate in the creation of the human race. When the human race finally came to be, God rested, and at this moment He gave humans the responsibiliy to nurture and protect His creations by their own free will. To help us out, He sent to us Jesus Christ. If we followed Jesus' example, the world He created would forever be at peace. Unfortunately, not all would follow Jesus' example, and it is this digression that results in the opposing interests that lead to war.
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That is the best explanation Ive heard. Thank you. I just do not understand why the bible puts such simplistic, and seemingly concrete parameters on a process that turns out to be so complicated and open. Also, recently I have been researching the astrological explanation for the birth sequences of Jesus and the many other profits that share such a birth sequence. It is summed up in the documentary "zeitgeist the move part 1." If you have time would you look at it and tell me what you think.