I dont think there's too much to be confused about. The bible lays it out pretty simply lol
Day 1: God created everything
Macro evolution could not have possibly happened over billions of years because in the Bible mankind appeared only *five days* after the entire universe was created.
I believe the Bible first and foremost.
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That's Genesis 1. Genesis 2 says something different.
Also, anytime you end a sentence with "lol" you reveal yourself to be a lunatic.
in the Bible mankind appeared only *five days* after the entire universe was created.
What's a "day"? Don't say "24 hours", because an hour is defined as a 24th of a "day". It's a circular answer. Today, a day is roughly the time between successive appearances of the sun at the same point in the sky. To the ancient Hebrews, it was the period from one sunset to the next. But the sun wasn't created until Day 4. So what's a "day"?
"Macro evolution could not have possibly happened over billions of years because in the Bible..."
When it comes to the real world your bible is worthless. Except of course if you've run out of skins or bog roll, then it's a blessing!
If some guy walked up to you with a manuscript he'd just written and said it was the literal word of God, you'd say he was insane and blasphemous. Same thing happens, plus a few thousand years, and you think guys doing the same thing in the exact same scenario were channeling the literal word of God. Makes perfect sense.
" I believe the Bible first and foremost."
And that, first and foremost, is your problem.
Oh, absolutely. If the bible is 100% accurate, then macroevolution over billions of years is a total impossibility! Mind you, if the bible story of creation were allegorical, or just flat out wrong, then it wouldn't be any sort of barrier to evolution would it?
Hmm, bit of a dilemma. Oh, if only there were huge amounts of convergent evidence from multiple fields of inquiry that clearly pointed to one or other of these two views being the correct one, then this question would have been answered already!
Sometimes I stop and wonder if people like this are even aware that Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 contradict one another. Then I slap myself on the forehead and realize that no, of course not, that would imply that they had actually <i>read</i> the bible!
day is being used as a metaphoric term as is alot of the stuff in the bible, so that man in his puniness may gain an inkling of understanding of the creation and the wonders of God, a day is a thousand years to the lord and a thousand years no more than a day, time is a physical property and something of this dimension, which God is not. if yyou were to read the bible as if everything were literal you would come out with some very wacked stuff, pray for wisdom and discernment as you read so the lord may open your eyes
You haven't even read Genesis, mate. It took him 3 days to create the Earth and plants ALONE.
At that rate of work, it would take him 49 octillion days to make the stars. JUST THE STARS.
> Day 1: God created everything
You mean, human beings, Adam and Eve are kinda like the expansion packs in the Sims?
"I believe the Bible first and foremost."
You don't. First and foremost you believe the insane cretins and other people who have swallowed the religious hogwash that tell you to believe the bible, as well as practically anything else they tell you.
"Day 1: God created everything
So God did nothing at all on days 2-5? I don't remember that in Genisis.
RIIIIGHT..so let me get this straight:
You believe in less than 6000 years that blacks, orientals, latinos, caucasians, mongols, etc.. all stemmed from the Hebrew race...yet some of those races are inferior..yet we are all created by god in his image?
YOU ARE DELUDED!
God made the earth in six days flat,
Day 1: God created everything
Day 6: Apparantly God didn't create everything as he forgot to create humans. He creates them.
Apparantly creation in Genesis only took two days rather than a week. I can't find that in the bible.
Do you know how stupid ALL of mankind was when your ridiculous bible was written? You'll trust the word of desert dwelling shepards living in tents from nearly 2000 years ago, but the people who created your computer, DVD player, TV, everything else we have from the wonders of scientific advancement are stupid. You need to remove yourself from the gene pool... post haste. Please.
You're right, the bible does lay it out pretty simply. It is completely incorrect, but it is simple.
It needs to be, given the average fundie's IQ.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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