The minute I saw this post, like so many others in the past, I already expected there would be overwelming support for
athiesm or other theories that cancel any idea of a creator, supernatural or not, out of the equation.
Personally I believe in creation because to me it seems there are too many holes in evolution and a lack of
explanation as to just how or why the "Big Bang" occured among other things. Personally I've done my homework
between the two with an open mind knowing that creationism itself does not necessarly mean religion although I'm honest
and willing to live by a moral standard as an improvement to my quality of life.
Personally I believe in the Bible as a whole
(A lot of people have the tendancy to take scriptures out of context to their own advantage)
and in line with what snickm said earlier
I thought that these might be worth mentioning:
Snickm:
"My belief in God starts when I look at the world around me. I don't believe that such an amazing universe or something as infinitely complicated as our bodies could be produced by millions of random accidents."
Romans 1:20
"For his invisible [qualities] are clearly seen from the world's creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship, so that they are inexcusable;"
As apart of evidence of an almighty god's existance the Apostle Paul wrote in his letter to the Roman congregation
that god's existance could be reinforced by what we see before us in our own world as we know it.
An example might given that we know that the infamous painting Mona Lisa was created by a talented artist and we know
it would be rediculous to think otherwise due to the complexity and insight that went into its creation and like the Bible tells of
god's existance, plenty of books tell us of Mona Lisa's creator's existance, Leonardo Da Vinci, and archeological evidence supports
the claims of many encyclopedias and other literature of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Snickm:
"That takes a lot of faith to believe that. That's what is so ironic to me, that those of us who believe that just maybe this world was created are stupid for our faith, yet evolutionists have just as much faith in their theory and that is perfectly logical."
Hebrews 11:1
"Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld."
In the Apostle Paul's letter to the Hebrew congregation he reminded them that Faith is not blind, contrary to what many
people believe today, but rather hope assured by knowledge.
This would be consistent with the rest of the Bible, paticularly the part, in where I think is 1st Peter, that talks about "exercising faith"
which would be to carry out knowledge learned from the principles given throughout the Bible
which reinforces hope in god's promises though most of which have yet to happen, paticularly knowledge in prophecies in Daniel, Matthew, 1st Timothy and Revelation parts of which describe our day and age.
Regarding the age of the Earth and the topic of the thread:
First, Genesis account of creation does not describe 6 literal 24-hour days but rather it could be anything since the Hebrew, the language the old testament was written in, word translated into the English word "day" does not mean a 24-hour day as we
think of it but rather it could mean any period of time, a good example of this might be "Back in my grandfather's day" where "day" in this case refers to his entire lifetime.
Careful reading of Genesis will reveal that the idea of the planet being created in 24-hour days is indeed incorrect, in fact
if this were the case then this means that dinosaurs would have been extinct almost immediately if not until the next "day"!
