jfreakman
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I'm sorry but this whole 6 day (actually the whole 7 day) business is just too wacky to believe. I dont accept this side of my religion...my priest knows, my bishop knows...and they accept my take on it...even they question the validity of it.
If god created life, then how do you explain all the scientific findings that absolutely rule out the fact that humans were NOT created first as the bible says. Where do the dinosaurs fit into this picture? Did man as we know it now come before the dinosaurs?
I know that one of you guys mentioned earlier that there has been no exact connection between where two species diverged in evolution but I'm sure you are very much aware about Genetic Fingerprinting and the ability of us scientists to tie two species together through the matching of their genetic make up. The human race as we know it did not come from the monkeys, rather we came from a related ancestor that along the evolutionary path created both man and primate. To say that this doesn't exist is just madness...how can you explain then all the fossils that show so many variations in dentition, bone structure and shape? Did god go on a creation rampage in those so called 6 days to get it right (the perfect human form)? If so...then god is not so perfect (que the story about jesus destroying the church when it was used as a market!)
There are some basic things here...God may have created life, but he didn't create man. Man evolved from the first life. If man did get created by god then why isn't man 4 billion years old?
God rested on the seventh day. The world was created in six, man being the very last creation. That's exactly what my last message said! Man was created after everything else.
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Genetically we are more closely related to other animals than primates. There was no creation rampage, i'm not quite sure what you meant by that. I think everyone agrees with you that microevolution exists and is in place for species continuation and adaptation. However macroevolution or cross-species evolution has never been fully proven.
I do believe that the Bible speaks of dinosaurs. Psalms speaks about crushing the head of a "Leviathian," which is never fully defined. Isaiah speaks about God using the slithering and coiling Leviathan to punish (although it is usually seen as a metaphor for the devil.) Leviathan can be seen as a general description for dinosaurs. I have tons more information on this if you want.