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Originally posted by Happy Monkey
The people who see a contradiction are the people who believe in the literal word-for-word truth of the Bible. Science has one order for the creation of various forms of life, which doesn't exactly match the one in Genesis.
The concept of a divinely directed path for evolution is logically possible, and any honest scientist will grant that. Unfortunately, the creationists are quick to try to take advantage of that honesty in order to get "Intelligent Design" put into science textbooks. The problem there is that intelligent design is not science. It is no more scientific than saying "warlocks did it." It is certainly POSSIBLE that warlocks are responsible for life on Earth, but it doesn't belong in a science book.
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I agree with Happy Monkey above. There is no problem with the idea that God created the universe some 12 billion years ago with the intent that life would arise from it through scientifically consistent means (evolution).
Interestingly one argument a Creationist can make that is completely impossible to refute is the following:
God created the universe 6000 years ago. All bones and evidence for the earth and the universe being billions of years old were all created 6000 years ago. All the starlight that takes millions of years to transit through space from places millions of light years away were in fact created
in transit in order to reach earth on time.
And what is the problem with this idea? Well, why would God do such a stupid thing? This idea implies a dishonest God because he is shown to create a universe that is a lie. That just doesn't sound right.
This same idea could be used to say the universe was created five minutes ago, with all of our memories being fabrications.