My brother-in-law, David Barrett has often said to me.
"Ian, God gave us brains. Surely He expects us to use them." David holds deep skepticism about the Genesis account of Creation.
I, in turn, have absolute confidence in the explanation given to us in the Bible as to how the earth was created.
What is absolutely preposterous is the idea that a huge explosion(Big Bang) eons ago could somehow organize itself without the aid of any superintending power and coalesce into the universe as we see it today.
All explosions BREAK things unless they are somehow organized and directed. (combustion engines being an example).
Then how is it, that the greatest explosion in history, could harness its own unimaginable energy and produce the life-forms that we see around us today? If we use the "brains that God has given us" we must conclude that the laws of physics and the laws of probability make such an event IMPOSSIBLE.
I was hearing from a friend who heard a man speak in an evolution/creation debate. He had his pants rolled up displaying his colorful socks made up of lots of pieces of wool. When asked where he got them, he replied " There was an explosion in a wool factory and the bits knitted themselves together and made me these socks. Do you like them?"
If you have a better answer as to how the Earth was formed, other than the one given in Genesis, I would like to hear about it.
Jubilate.
Ian
