The link below this post will take you to an article that describes a book by an ancient catholic bishop that gives the age of the Earth as 6014. In fact, today is Earth's birthday. Hoist a pint...
In the world of ideas, creation science stirkes me as disingenuous. I am a Christian. I believe in God and the Bible. What I don't do is take the entire creation story literally. If you follow along in Genesis, it says the world was shapless and without form, and God shaped them together. Big Bang scientists say the world began in an explosive cataclysm (let there be light?) and the dust and particles from the superdense material exploding formed into all the celestial bodies we know today. What's the difference?
The big issue is time. The Bible says six days, evolutionists say billions of years. If God is all powerful, couldn't He make a day last longer than the human understanding of what a "day" is? I wouldn't put it past Him...
Red shift, carbon dating, radio waves, and other branches of science have demonstrated strong cases for an older earth, especially now with bacteria strains that are developing resistances to antibiotics, seemingly a form of evolution.
Creation Scientists say no and stick to their belief that the Bible has it word-for-word how it happened. Today is earth's birthday to them, and it all went according to God's biblical plan in six days, with the big rest day on number seven.
The thinking man can connect the two theories. Maybe we should join in the thinking.
Chip Grefski
Special thanks to Fark.com for posting this link. Drew is the man!
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/news-politics/october-23-earth-will-be-6014-years-old-t11986.html
I agree. I believe there is a way to rationalize bibical vs. scientific thinking. But just sticking the word 'scientist' after 'creation' does not make you Einstein. Racist leaders have been trying 'intellectualize' their views for decades and it rings just as hollow.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. As man's thinking has advanced, there is no reason why we can't blend doctrine with scientific findings. We saw enough of the church vs. science sabre rattling with Galileo and Copernicus to see that changing times necessitate the expansion of our world view.
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