Evolution or Creation

The false dicotomy between Evolution and belief in god has already been correctly pointed out by others. There is a second false dicotomy here between Atheism and the god you describe.There is the possibility that there is a god that doesn't care that much about whether you believe in her or not. But that god might care about whether you are an intelectually honest person. "Chosing" not to be an atheist because you don't see any benefit for you on it can be seen as self serving and dishonest. The god I described wouldn't like that, and that could be your damnation.

Why don`t we let him talk for himself, shall we? Because it sounds as that was exactly what he meant.

But that flies on the face of the evidence taken directly from the world that those things never happened. To deny this amounts to denying that god`s creation (The world itself) can be understood by the human mind (also god`s creation ain`t it?). Why would god set us that trap?

Your question makes no sense, even if (for your benefit ) we ignore the false dicotomy fallacies in there.The truth is the truth. It's not out there for your benefit. (What a self-serving, small minded, (dare I say anti-christian?) way to look at reality, I must say).But why would you ask that? I think you already know that you cannot think of any good reasons not to believe in evolution. But you're scared of it. You know evolution doesn't necessarily mean atheism, but you're scared it might lead you that way.It's a scary thought, to think that there might be nothing waiting for you after death. If that's the truth, would you chose not to know it if you could?

Who cares about money? do you value it enough to chose willfull ignorance?

That, of couse, is the right question to make. I asked something in that vein earlier in this thread, but got no straight answer. I wouldn't be surprised if you don't get one either. It seems that ICANT stands for I can't deal with hard questions.

There may be other paths to god that do not require a literallistic understanding of the bible. Heck! Non christians may not believe in the bible but still believe in god. Even the pope (A christian) has aknowleged that to believe in god and in the theory of evolution simultaneously is not inconsistent.

Come on, ICANT. You said that the genesis should not be interpreted as poetic alegory, because god does not claim to be a poet. So you are the one saying that he can't be a poet. You've deceided that only a literal interpretation of the bible is acceptable. You are telling us (and god) how to properly interpret his word. An act of hubris.

So you concede that the genesis could be alegory. After all god can be a poet if he wants to. I'm gone be nice to you and pretend you mis-spoke

Science gives us only partial information, it is true. But the information science gives us is taken directly from god`s creation -- the world itself. That`s the only incontestable source of information about god we have Did your god of heaven say that to you? or did you read it in a book you would have us believe to be the word of god? Sorry but that simply isn`t credable. I thin k it is clear that if is better to have some well founded partial information then some baseless information.