As a postgraduate i firmly believe in living creation being only a few thousands of years old.
And you have every right to. I have a feeling you slept through a great many classes, though.
The theory of evolution is a crock, it does not and cannot precisely explain how supposed genetic changes occurred, something that should be a jiffy if it had happened.
It does a hell of a lot better job than "God Did It! God can do anything, so stop asking so many question, heretic!"
Often proponents of evolution will claim that somehow a defunct gene mutated into something useful.
No, a defunct gene will most likely die out. If a mutation brings some matter of positive effect to the table, then it will be propagated. And sometimes, just because something *seems* to be detrimental, doesn't necessarily make it so. For example, while color-blindness was frequently used as a reason to avoid draft, it was discovered, if I recall correctly, that those who are color-blind are sometimes better at picking out artificial tones from natural ones, actually helping them see camouflage.
If shown the evidence of the fossil record, they then jump on the punctuated band-wagon, which only makes the odds against that happening bigger.
THE FOSSIL RECORD BACKS US UP! How does anything to do with it diminish the odds of us being correct?!
Somehow they just want to believe that there is no God or Saviour and will say anything to keep the possibility of Him away from their daily lives
Keep them in your life! We don't care! It's you guys who are trying to use your faith to dictate what is taught.
I pity them.
That's nice...
