You've seriously gotta be kidding me - A "Creation" museum?

[OneTimeSBX]

i was raised a Christian. i was read the Bible and taught to read the Bible. i wasnt there for the beginning. neither was anybody else here today. so basically, it is what it is. i believe in the whole "on this day ____, the next day ____..."

in my OPINION, if you consider yourself a Christian, and read the Bible, and believe what is in the Bible, there is no other way. Maybe it was a bang! it could even have happened with a big bang! like i said, i wasnt there so i go by the only written documentation of it. true, it doesnt go into specifics, but who am i to judge? i just believe what i was taught, and lets face it, whats wrong with that? id rather be told in the end i was right and not held accountable for it, than to have believed wrong and suffer the consequences...

[Taualumna]

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

i was raised a Christian. i was read the Bible and taught to read the Bible. i wasnt there for the beginning. neither was anybody else here today. so basically, it is what it is. i believe in the whole "on this day ____, the next day ____..."

in my OPINION, if you consider yourself a Christian, and read the Bible, and believe what is in the Bible, there is no other way. Maybe it was a bang! it could even have happened with a big bang! like i said, i wasnt there so i go by the only written documentation of it. true, it doesnt go into specifics, but who am i to judge? i just believe what i was taught, and lets face it, whats wrong with that? id rather be told in the end i was right and not held accountable for it, than to have believed wrong and suffer the consequences...

But if you look very closely at the Bible, you'll actually see two creation stories. One where it ends with "and man and woman did He create..." (or something to that extent) and then it goes into Adam and Eve. Which one should we go with? Are we supposed to mix it up, like what's done when kids put on the Christmas Pageant?

[Drolefille]

We discussed this in one of my college theology classes (Jesuit University, although not necessarily Jesuit theology). The more formal one, which I believe is first, is actually a Jewish hymn that post dates the rest of the Bible. The more casual one (the one that includes the tree) doesn't post date it, but reads to me almost like an Anansi story. God makes everyone, God says you can eat of any tree except this one, then puts tree in garden. (WHY WOULD YOU PUT THE TREE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?) Wacky antics ensue.

Anyway, to me that story was told to explain why bad things happen, why there is sin in the world, why others attack their clan. There's no definitive answer to this, although my teacher agreed with this interpretation.

I refuse to accept an interpretation that necessarily lowers God's abilities to a level at which we can completely comprehend them. God is much bigger than that.

[adpiucf]