As I've stated in another thread, you can't disregard what science determines as we progress... regardless of whether it goes against the bible, or anyother 'holy' book for that matter.
That said, let's look at these creation myths for a second first though (I'm talking globally, independant of belief). Now, we can estimate the age of homo sapien as to be roughly 30K years ago. Whether in the beginning of homo sapiens they quickly developed a more verbal language with the help of cave paintings and the like... these were the stories that were most important to pass down into the generations... eventually these became some of the first books to be written as well, so it's clear that these are very important documents, right?
What do all these creation myths have in common?
- They are all stories of 'God(s)' from heavans (or 'return' to heavans)
- They all create man (many of the myths, god creates multiple versions of man before 'perfecting' him)
- Mankind is made to worship the 'gods'
- Many myths tell of Man being 'dumbed down' to prevent him attaining 'godliness'
- ALL include the story of a MASSIVE flood where only those reaching high ground (or built/recieved boats) survived
- Many 'wars involving gods' (some even describing apparent nuclear and biological weaponry and their effects)
- Lost ADVANCED civilizations (Atlantis, Mu, and other variations of the 2)
And so on, you even see very similar symbolism around the world... ofen including serpants, the 'all seeing eye', the 'serpant eating it's own tail', among others.
That said, there are also many 'anomilies' on the earth that can't quite be explained by current science... like egyptian carvings of lightbulbs (that have been recreated as working), the pyramids themselves are enough to write many books about, stonehenge, and countless other artifacts that seemingly pre-date the technological ressources the people of the time had at their disposal... and also, how did man go from hunter-gatherers to pyramiid builders with a full social order in place in a virtual instant?
SO, we should really ask ourselves, are the ancients really just stupid people writing an elaborate myth, or was it mankind experiencing something beyond their understanding and wound up describing it using colourful imagery, and all??
That said :
- Evolution is a natural occurance,
- The earth is a natural formation
- God(s) apparently visited earth and created mankind to worship them and be their slaves
- Something created a massive global flood
Now, before you dispute that point... why would our ancient ancestors lie, or create such an elaborate fiction to be worthy of keeping and protecting for the future generations? Could all these ancient myths be geographical colorations of our ancient history... in other words, is it possible that these 'holy' books are merely an interpretation of 'the history of our pre-history'?
Havng read the bible totally killed religion for me... I was told to believe in god and worship him and all that from birth, untill I read the bible for myself and raised so many questions....