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:::  I thank you all for taking the time to discuss this with me.

:::  Thank you all for taking the time to discuss this.

:::“''I don't believe at all that creationists are doing that. But I would add, as DavidR has mentioned, DO NOT reject the clear things that God has told us. He clearly told us that He created the world in six days (among other things that He said that contradict evolution). How about "doing Him justice" by taking Him at His Word? It would be blasphemy to deny what He clearly said''” God has not clearly said anything to me, has He told you in person?  What is in the Bible is many thousands of years old and has been endlessly translated from one language to another.  It is quite conceivable that much of the original meaning is lost in these translations.  For example, it is widely accepted that Roman historical records prove the existence of Jesus at roughly the same time as we base our calendar around.  Therefore, from studying similar Roman records from a later date, it should be considered that some time later, as is historically recorded, Roman scholars may well have changed the Bible to make it more compatible with the Pagan beliefs that many of their subjects held.  Therefore – for me – it is very difficult to be sure exactly what God told us.

:::“''I don't believe at all that creationists are doing that. But I would add, as DavidR has mentioned, DO NOT reject the clear things that God has told us. He clearly told us that He created the world in six days (among other things that He said that contradict evolution). How about "doing Him justice" by taking Him at His Word? It would be blasphemy to deny what He clearly said''” God has not clearly said anything to me, has He told you in person?  What is in the Bible is many thousands of years old and has been endlessly translated from one language to another.  It is quite conceivable that much of the original meaning is lost in these translations.  For example, it is widely accepted that Roman historical records prove the existence of Jesus at roughly the same time as we base our calendar around.  Therefore, from studying similar Roman records from a later date, it should be considered that some time later, as is historically recorded, Roman scholars may well have changed the Bible to make it more compatible with the Pagan beliefs that many of their subjects held.  Therefore – for me – it is very difficult to be sure exactly what God told us.