Now the problem. We live in a creation VS evolution world. evolution is taught in school, but not creationism and so I'm left in the middle with more questions than I have answers. I firmly believe that God is responsible for creating the earth and the universe for that matter. But this have been a real challenge of my faith in regards to several aspects. Did God do it in 6 days? what is a day as defined in Genesis - taking into account that context can change meanings...so the word for day has several meanings like a 24 hour period or a length of time in relation to another length of time. If God created all things, then there were Dino's in the garden of Eden. Why did they go extinct but other animals who were around at the time didn't? What about the flood - were dino's on the arc? What about in the book of Job (chapter 40 near the end) an animal is described that sounds VERY much like an dino. (not to mention dragons and unicorns are in there too) I have found so much info that I feel like I'm on sensory overload and I'm trying to make sense of it all so that I can present the truth to my kids.
I bought a book called What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs and have found several other really good resources at Focus On The Family. Furthermore, a good friend of mine who has a blog does a bit called Think About It Thursday - Here is the link for her blog, and she has a lot of useful information.
We are called to cotinuously "work out our salvation" so this area needs working out. However, for the moment I only have 4 words: I don't really know.
Try Answers in Genesis or The Institute for Creation Research. Both are excellent resources.
ReplyDeleteI've personally never had much of a problem believing in the old earth evolution theory, its never given me much worry. Rather than go into a long explanation as to why I'll sum it up to a mystery of faith.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jacqueline! I'll check those out.
ReplyDeleteDan, the problem with the "old earth evolution theory" is that it directly conflict with the Bible. We can't pick and choose what parts to believe in and what parts to ignore etc.
Does evolution exist? well, are you talking micro or macro? Crows that live in Florida 100 years ago didn't eat walnuts. They figured out that if you drop them on the pavement, they break open and you can eat the nut. That is micro evolution. it exists. As for micro evolution, if it does exist then why don't we see it today?