Proposed as a "Great Debate", perhaps to be opened to general debate later.
The following is a variation of Moose message 135, of the
YEC vs. EVO presuppositions / methodology topic.
To Faith:
The essence of your position is that you consider the study of the Bible to be the ultimate authority on how the creation happened, and I consider the study of the creation itself to be the ultimate authority on how the creation happened.
Focusing in on geology - Being a quasi-geologist, I essentially think that the story of the creation of the Earth's geology is "written in the rocks". You think it is written in the Bible. I think that you must either think that geologists are incapable of properly "reading the rocks" or that God has presented some grand deception in what he "wrote in the rocks".
Why should what has been written in a book, the Bible, trump what has been written in the rocks?
Moose
Note: I don't particularly like the title I gave this topic ("Two Different Stories About the Creation"), but I am at the moment unable to come up with a better one. I don't want a geology specific title, as I think the discussion may well ultimately go beyond geology. Admin comments/suggestions requested, prior to topic promotion.
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