People as Primates

[JoeErwin]

One approach is to decide what one believes before examining evidence, then force all the evidence to conform with that belief. A different approach is to try to follow the evidence wherever it leads--constantly re-evaluating as more evidence becomes available.

[Gregory Matthews]

In essence, at the point of belief, one recognizes that one may not have all of the evidence and therefore be willing to evaluate as one learns of new evidence.

In relationship to the Bible, it is important to understand that one may not correctly understand what the Bible is actually teaching and therefore a change in understanding does not require a rejection of the Biblical teaching.   I once thought that the Bible taught a time for the creation of the Earth (Solar system).  Presently I believe that the Bible does not teach a time for a creation of the Earth. I do not believe that the Bible teaches that our Solar System was created at the same time as the rest of the Universe.  But, I clearly believe that it teaches that God created all that exists in a manner that allows for new species coming to exist as well as old species ceasing to exist.  Does this make me an evolutionist?  Absolutely not.

 

 

[Asia Joe]

I don't see any timeline in the bible for things outside our planet. 

Our local solar system could have been created in the last 6000 years. 

As we study the "Flood" in Genesis 6-8, we can see it was much more than a flood. There were tides that lasted 3 months. 

Something very big went on besides the flood. It could have been a near passing of one of our now local planets. We have no records to know. When we get to heaven, this is an area I will seek to understand.