Evolution Vs Creation

I've been reading and contributing a little to various sites where the debate between evolutionist and creationists has been raging. I find it fascinating to note that often in such debates people get very hung up on arguing they are right, and quickly stop listening to the other side's views. In short it gets very personal very quickly.

My position? I am a Christian, I believe God created the world, and broadly speaking I still have an open mind in whether the six days of creation are literal or poetic days.

I concluded, after much reading up on the subject from both the pro creation, and the pro evolution viewpoints, that it's a HUGE topic. So big that I can never hope to resolve it tidily one way or the other. Yes micro evolution takes place on an intra-species basis, but there is scant evidence for macro inter-species evolution, hence the various missing evolutionary links in the chain of evidence.

BUT, even if evolution does take place at those levels, all it does is challenge how we Christians have interpreted Genesis. The cosmological argument will still pose the question, how did the whole process start? Science, thus far, has no theory that explains the cause that led to the effect (Life!)

I concluded that if we Christians put as much effort into graciously sharing the gospel, as we do in debating this puzzle. If we lived out more fully the commands to forgive those who sin against us. If we did more loving people and acting on behalf of those who need us to act, then the world would be a much better place.

When we learn live like Jesus, then this intriguing debate on evolution vs creation will be put into it's true perspective, as a fascinating sidelight to life. Whatever the truth is the reality is that Christianity has nothing to fear from it.

Bethlehem Live will not succeed in bring people to a faith in God through our stubbornly arguing with them that our understanding of scripture is right, but people may come to faith if they are challenged by our love for one another and grace towards people who struggle with sin (as we all do).

Lets' pray hard, asking God to make us worthy carriers of His love and grace, for we can be sure that no argument fashioned by man can stand against that!

2 Cor 10:3-5 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.