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Originally Posted by MouseWife
A big thing that occurred to me. Growing up, I did have a lot of faith, deep love for Jesus and the church. What I have seen happening as time goes on, other issues coming into play. Like, dinosaurs, fossils, the age of the earth. I embrace all of those facts. Unfortunately, some people say you can't have both. What? Why not?
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Because either you believe that Jesus is the son of a god who created the earth ~6000 years ago, or you accept that the observable evidence shows that the earth has existed for billions of years. They are pretty much mutually exclusive world views as they profoundly contradict each other in every way. And since the divinity of Jesus kinda rests on the unquestioned validity of what's in the bible/torah, it's hard for me to understand how one can say, "Well, it's got the whole age of the earth and origins of life thing completely and utterly wrong...but the rest is totally spot on."