Posted by JenStar on September 6, 2005, at 10:51:01
In reply to Re: Evolutionary Theory and Creationism, posted by alexandra_k on September 6, 2005, at 1:53:47
I agree with all of this, because I'm a big believer in evolution / science/ rigorous analysis of evidence and predicting the future based on past performance.
BUT...that being said...I think people who have faith in creationism really DO feel that God's will was enough to make fossils and rocks and stuff like that. They simply believe it.
I think it's very hard to argue and compare a scientific theory to a religious theory because you keep bumping up against that belief. And people who are otherwise very analytical and detail driven can be very stubborn about it...I think because they don't even see the value in a debate, because they DO have faith in something else.
I know you said "no contest", but I am willing to bet that the people who believe in Creationism would also say "no contest" and really feel it to be so, because their faith tells them they are right.
It's so interesting. I think many religious Creationist people are very scared to think that evolution might be "right", because then the bible might be "wrong" and then all the foundations of religion could weaken and crumble, and God could dissolve into the mist. It's horrifying to think that your God might not be the "right" God, or that he/she might NOT exist after all. It's much more comforting to deny the doubts and just have faith.
I think that for Creationists it's complicated and difficult to use the Bible as an allegory or a symbol, and to think of the biblical stories as teaching fables and analogies, because if they're more "literature" to be interpreted than absolute truth, that also makes it more difficult to believe that they are divine.
I myself do believe that the biblical stories are not necessarily absolute truth but they are analogies or lessons...but that's not the formal Church teaching, i know!
If there are Creationists out there, please please realize that I mean no disrespect by what I wrote here. These are my interpretations of what I THINK other people might be thinking! That's MY theory, I guess.
JenStar
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