I would agree entirely, in the end it doesn't matter. It is a point that receives more attention than it deserves.

I guess I agree to a point. I think the semantics do matter because they can greatly affect how one will look at the end result. Ultimately yes, it does come down to whether God did or did not create the universe.

Okay, thanks for the welcome and advice.

Hey,

I just wanted to say that I am extremely impressed with the way this forum has progressed. When I stumbled upon it, I thought that it would be filled with fighting over the two major positions. Those being the Creation/Intelligent design view and the naturalistic view. This is really inspiring to me to see how people can really come together and not tear each other down as seems to happen on many other sights. As for my personal views,

I am a Christian so therefore I believe in intelligent design. This being that God created the world and all there is, but unlike many Christians I am not so sure the earth had to have been created 6000 years ago. As has already been mentioned, there are significant holes in the young earth position. I find that there is a balance between an older earth position and scripture. To preface my statement, I do not believe in macro-evolution, this theory has not been proven and I find the evidence to support it to be extremely lacking. Micro-evolution on the other hand has been proven countless times and is observable today. So to clarify, I do not believe that humans and animals have evolved over millions and billions of years.

All of this to say, I believe in intelligent design, but do not necessarily adhere to the young earth position, though when reading the Bible this seems like the most logical explanation. Though I believe that scripture allows for the earth to be old without there being contradictions

Hey,

Thought I would finally write/post on the forum as I have been part of this site for about a week or so now. Several friends and myself decided that we wanted to play some old school games and my roommate (currently in college) found the site. I don't play video games very often, but do enjoy them every now and then. I mean, who doesn't. Well, I think that is about it. Thanks Questions, just ask.