God? [Or Evolution]

Let me counter-rebut my opponent before continuing to his arguments1. The contradiction of when plants were created There needs to be some good Hebrew explanation here. First, the same word for plant is used in Genesis 1 and 2 for the plant that had not yet. The word 'eseb is used in both passages. To try to make a distinction is difficult. The word 'eseb simply means vegetation. It is not trees or the like, but instead herbs or, yes, lower vegetation. Genesis 1:30 backs up this interpretation when it says that Elohim created ALL the plants for food. That word kal that you see in the middle, translated "all," "every," etc. affects the translation. So, Genesis 1 doesn't even make distinction between the kinds of plants created. a 'eseb is an 'eseb. I'm guessing grass is green, right? Well, even so, Genesis 2 describes that no grass or any 'eseb of the field had sprung. Yet, Elohim creates ALL green plants in Genesis 1? Still a contradiction. It's also questionable to me: what plants do not have seeds? Did YHWH only not create ferns? That does not align with the spirit of the passage either, since God did not have plants because there was no man to work them. They were growing and harvesting plants, which God would have already created in Genesis 1. 2. Homo NalediI'd like to point my opponent, ironically, to the Institute for Creation Research and its view on Naledi:" Their human feet and skulls, plus ritualistic burial, show that Homo naledi—if this name stands the test of time—was likely just another human variety."Ironically, even other Young Earth Creationists say AiG is wrong. If you are to say it is an ape, you also have to deal with the hip socket that is shaped and projected for upright walking. The jaw and skull also lack many, many ape-like structures, and they are far closer to human. AiG's solution that it is an australopithecine... it does not have the hand structures of a Lucy-like creature, and its skull and body is far more Homo genus: This is a australopithecine skull: Below is Homo Naledi The differences, especially around the brow and the jaw, can clearly be seen. It's also notable we are missing part of the skull that would have the nasal bones, but this is only one of a dozen of skulls. We may learn more in the coming months. 3. Lungfish Burrows Take 2My point is that fossilized lungfish burrows are found all up and down the geologic column. How were they formed there if not be lungfish over millions of years? Rebuttals to attacks1. How is mercury so dense?I'm not sure I follow on this one. Mercury's density of 5.427 g/cm^3 is less than Earth's density at 5.515 g/cm^3. As in all cases of planetary creation, the matter of a planet is subjected to gravitational compression, resulting in a compression of the materials depending on their own density. Mercury is primarily metallic, so I really do not see the issue. 2. AbiogenesisEvolution has to do with the development of biological organisms, not their origin. Two different issues. I too see issues with a natural abiogenesis, but that is not a question that affects evolution by technical definition.3. Clarify Beliefs?I am a progressive Christian who accepts evolution and denies the inerrancy of Scripture. By evolution, I hold to a school of thought more closely tied to punctuated evolution. I used to be fundamentalist and Young Earth.4. Natural Selection is an extremely inefficient method of spreading traits?Here is a good example of major changes within a genus. The Italian Wall Lizard ( Podarcis sicula) was introduced from its native island of Pod Kopište to the island of Pod Mrčaru. The main difference in this island was vegetation vs. arthropods as the primary food source. Within 36 years, the Italian Wall Lizards on Pod Mrčaru, which were forced to eat more plants than their ancestors, had experienced changes in their digestive tract, muscle structure in their jaw, head sizes, etc. Natural selection did that in just 36 years. Think of what it can do in 100,000,000 years?Sources:Ibid from last posthttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... http://www.icr.org... http://astrogeology.usgs.gov...