I think creationism and evolution can happily coexist.

Bravo Bonbon! I so very much agree with this. I can't even add anything to it to make it better. You said it so well.

I salute you as a person that has something inside the skull!
Most people can't even conceive that if the Bible says "7 days", that doesn't mean it's talking about 24 hour days. It's right there in the Bible! will be the only answer you will get, although, it's a fact that theologists agree those days from the Genesis must not e taken literally.
On the other hand, there are some evolutionists that know at some point there is no explanation to how things came to be, but refuse to accept an intervention from a superior being.
To conclude, I also thing a combination of the two ideas is the most acceptable theory to explain the emerging of life (until further proof, at least).

I think everyone should be tolerant of the views of others. I have friends of many different religions and beliefs, and we all respect eachother and don't try to force our personal views. I have pagan views, and watch the cycles of the moon, sun, planets and seasons. While we are on this earth we will never know for sure how things began - but we can watch the miracles of nature every day.

bonbon, I'm always wondering why God is spoken of as a he, even if the word is put into quotes? Sometimes I think g*d was created in the image of man.

It's possible some people need to believe in a g*d and others manage without a diety. There is an area in a human's brain that indicates mankind is always searching for a higher spiritual level, or a g*d.

Consider this, no one can decide there is no g*d without considering there might be a g*d.

If people take comfort from the Bible, then they are blessed. People who search for answers elsewhere are more challenged and study different mystical religions or beliefs, exploring other pathways. Two people who believe in two different things might one day meet on the same path. After all, aren't we all looking for the same thing?

I don't think there can be an agreement between creation and evolution. It's not possible to agree using words, because so many emotions are attached to the words.

The union is within and I don't know what that means. Please forgive me if I don't keep up with this discussion. I'll try to, but the outside world is demanding my attention.
Blessed be.

The 7 days in which he spent creating, weren't necessarily 7 days in a row....It could have been 1 day and then 100 years later another day and so on...We think of 7 days as Sunday through Saturday...but I don't believe he created it all in 7 days in a row....

We all interpret things differently....We weren't around when he was creating so we don't really know what a day actually consist of....we will never know....

I totally agree with you...

why don't you think that every thing was created by itself and they have a property of evolving and if nothing can be created by itself then who created god??

I am in the same catagorey with you. I do believe in god, but I also believe in evolution. I believe over time we evolve to fit our surroundings. I think people are so worried about being right that they miss out on other possibilities. I don't think you have to give up your faith to take on new ideas.

That's always been the position I've held, and I'm definitely an evolutionist! I love religion, I just don't love religion in spite of physical evidence.

I really hope someone here posts a contrary view, I'm very curious. I've never met a creationist, and I would really like to hear what s/he has to say!

:-)

I believe that God created the earth and moon and stars. I'm not sure if it matters if it took Him 7 days or 7 years to do that, although the Bible does tell us that on the 7th day He rested...and that's certainly an indication that we all need to have a day of rest too. Plus...it's been proven that carbon dating is no indication of how old anything is. Not when they can duplicate things in labs that look like they're thousands of years old.

So far there is no proof - in the fossils - that there was any evolution that created man. That's what bothers most people I know who are Christians. Having no proof today doesn't mean it doesn't exist. But so far every time science thought they found the missing link - the jump from beast to man - it has been proven to be something else.

Because God created all the animails and Adam was to name then.

I believe that your intentions are good trying to bring people together, but the two theories condratdict each other. If God created everything then we didn't come form an evolutionary soup.
If we came from an evolutionary soup then there is no God.

Sorry to pee in your Wheaties, but the two cannot both be possible.

But thats just my opinion and you can discard it if you want to.
There is no proof of either, we must rely on what our heart tells us.
If we think one over the other, we have made a decision, if we believe in both we are unsure of what to think.
Faith plays a large part on each side. Which side are you on?

There will be a test at the end if I'm right. If you are right, I have lived a life with high standards and dared to hope for a higher power.

Where did this organism come from bonbon?
Did it come form here or did it land from another planet?
I think you should consider Scientology, their views reflect some of your own.

TT