I had a whole spiel worked out in my mind to help this poor chap but realized there wasn't much point. Better just to make him as self-aware as I can.
Actually regarding Creationism, I think the world was created in 7 days, except each day took two alternate lengths.
1: if you were standing in it then millions of years, and
2: if you were standing out of it from God's perspective, exactly 24 hours. The days may in fact run simultaneously. From God's perspective, it's a bit like running 7 DVDs players in fast forward from your couch so that each one only runs for 24 hours of viewing time, but as an actor within the film it could be a few million years story time depending on how fast it was fast-forwarded from the couch and how the scenes progressed in the storyline.
My point: Creationism and evolution are not mutually exclusive when one's frame-of-reference for viewing the universe's startup events can switch between alternate yet equally valid perspectives.
Page 73: See current views of the Catholic Church, including ongoing internecine debate. These guys have been bridging theology and philosophy in internally consistent ways for a long long time.
Page 14: Someone mocks your answer by comparing it to political arguments.
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A man addresses you calmly. "I believe that all earthly species originated in their modern forms, at the same time, by the direct action of God."
To refute his claims using scientific evidence, turn to page 29.
To refute his claims using theological or philosophical arguments, turn to page 73.
To reply, "You would have to be a creationist," offering no further rejoinder, turn to page 14.
I had a whole spiel worked out in my mind to help this poor chap but realized there wasn't much point. Better just to make him as self-aware as I can.
Actually regarding Creationism, I think the world was created in 7 days, except each day took two alternate lengths.
1: if you were standing in it then millions of years, and
2: if you were standing out of it from God's perspective, exactly 24 hours. The days may in fact run simultaneously. From God's perspective, it's a bit like running 7 DVDs players in fast forward from your couch so that each one only runs for 24 hours of viewing time, but as an actor within the film it could be a few million years story time depending on how fast it was fast-forwarded from the couch and how the scenes progressed in the storyline.
My point: Creationism and evolution are not mutually exclusive when one's frame-of-reference for viewing the universe's startup events can switch between alternate yet equally valid perspectives.
So am I allowed to peak at pages 73 and 14? Gotta find out what I missed.
Page 73: See current views of the Catholic Church, including ongoing internecine debate. These guys have been bridging theology and philosophy in internally consistent ways for a long long time.
Page 14: Someone mocks your answer by comparing it to political arguments.