Originally Posted by Jeanie
Originally Posted by Linear
Maybe. If choosing to accept Christ requires a belief in a literal Genesis despite the scientific evidence that refutes it, then it may be too much.


Jeanie: Linear, sometimes you just have to let some things that don't make sense to you go till the Lord sheds more light on the subject. Personally its kind of a sad thought to actually think the heavens are closed and that God can't reveal anymore.... Even among my own faith, though, there are differences with viewpoints on this because we don't have the whole story. Some Mormons, even, think the world is young, some old....etc. It really doesn't affect our salvation one way or the other because no one knows for sure how it all happened at this point. But we believe it will be revealed. I wouldn't reject God on that issue. You have to take a leap of faith, sometimes, and let him in and let some things we just don't know for sure go for the time being....

From my point of view, it doesn't matter how the first humans wound up here. We are here. We have to have a relationship with our God and relationships with each other. Christ heals the relationship with our God which we had broken with our sin. The teachings of Christ show us how to have upright and healthy relationships with each other.

My issue with the "acceptance of things I don't understand" is that I do understand a fair amount of the science that shows the literal interpretation of Genesis to be in error. I cannot suspend belief once belief has occurred. At least, not without convincing evidence to the contrary. None has been provide so far, and I have been looking a long time.

A faith that connot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets. -- Arthur C. Clarke