Creation itself is part of biology - that's how we and so much life exist.Seek the Truth wrote: ↑September 1st, 2017, 11:22 pmGod went to some length to discuss the creation of everything, but really, really, really left out anything that sounds like biological evolution.Thinker wrote: ↑September 1st, 2017, 3:27 pm I think it's ok to believe in both some type of evolution in which God ("prime mover" which Aristotle termed, and we biblically adopted) started.
As you mentioned, the time period is measured differently. IE: Noah is said to have lived like 900+ years - but they used to measure years differently back then. And of course, there is no time with God. And what is time - if you took out the sun and our earth - some would say it's measured by change.
Anyway - I don't believe in a big bang - but I do believe in some type of evolution since it is still ongoing - as is creation.
We are evolving constantly. Every 7 years or so, all our cells have recycled themselves.
I really don't know what the problem is in accepting both intelligent design/creation... AND... that God intelligently designed us to evolve and eternally progress. I think the problem is when people take the Adam and Eve PARABLE as if it was not a spiritual lesson to be likened to us symbolically, but rather historical and scientific. Of all people, we who have been through the temple should understand this is to be likened to us symbolically rather than be taken literally, because we have seen, heard and sometimes acted out how Adam represents all men, and Eve represents all women.
It's really a beautiful parable, which shows us the cycle of life and spirituality we go through. At first, we are born under our parents' care - and have this illusion that the world is all for us and that all our needs are taken care of without us having to do much "gardening." Then, we grow up and move out... and learn a bit, yet still turn to parental authorities for a sense of everything being taken care of for us, and then we again learn and may question that after again realizing a new ability to discern good from evil... So we don't fall for any guru or false prophet. Then, we may question everything - be skeptical - which some may switch prophets to someone like Stephen Hawking (Fowler's faith stage 4)... and then again, we realize there are limits to logic and again, we take of the symbolic fruit to realize we have more to learn in discerning and we come to see that there is truth in both logic and spiritual traditions (Fowler's faith stage 5)... http://www.psychologycharts.com/james-f ... faith.html