God? [Or Evolution]

For this rebuttal and argument in favor of the theory of evolution, I will present evidence for the following propositions:1. The Biblical Creation narrative is actually two different stories that contradict and depict ancient cosmology. It is not literal history2. Human evolution disproves a literal Adam and Eve3. Lungfish burrows require a geology spanning millions of years.First, let's get a few things my opponent said straight:"They claim that... everything happened by chance... Can you imagine that all this world, all this uniqueness of every living thing was "by chance?""That is not what evolution says. First of all, it's not just a roll of the dice. There is a system, based on biological and physical laws, that determine results. Second, this world is only one of an infinite number of possibilities. That's like saying "I don't believe that you grabbed a handful of sand... the odds of there being exactly 1,287 grains are near impossible!" It's an arbitrary idea that the end result was the goal.Also, how can life come from no life?Abiogenesis is not the same as evolution. Moving on.1. The Biblical account depicts contradictions and mythical cosmologyWe will look at two things, contradictions and ancient cosmology in these accountsA) Contradictions between Genesis 1-2Genesis 1-2 is filled with contradictions. In modern historical criticism of the Old Testament, we have identified some points that indicate the Torah is actually a combination of several different text sources. This can clearly be seen in Genesis 1-2. Genesis 1 uses one source, while Genesis 2 uses another.Here's a few contradictions and changes between Genesis 1-21. Does God create plants before man, or man before plants?Genesis 1:11, 26And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them."Genesis 2:5-7, 9a"When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground,and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground—then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature... And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food."In Genesis 1, God makes plants before man. In Genesis 2, God makes man before plants.2. YHWH or Elohim?In Genesis 1, God is called Elohim, while in Genesis 2, he is YHWH. This shows the two different sources, which had different names for GodB) Ancient Cosmology in Genesis 1 “The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.” (1:2) Nowhere in Genesis does God create water. This may seem puzzling to a modern reader, but an ancient reader, or listener in a more oral culture, would have easily understood this. Some origin myths contained an eternal chaos and water from which the universe, and all in it, was birthed. There are other Bible verses that give the exact same idea of an eternal ocean. Perhaps the most overlooked is 2 Peter 3:5 “For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water,” “Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”” (1:6) The next day begins, and God starts the next process of sculpting, the final one that we will look at. Yet again, the eternal waters are presented. This time, however, the waters are being separated. The casual observer does not think too deeply about this passage, and the meaning can be lost. The word “waters” in Hebrew is of great importance to understanding the original meaning of this text. Is this a literal water used literal or a figurative term, perhaps for the atmosphere? The root word used is מָ֫יִם is used, which connotes both water like would be normally conceived, and the eternal waters. The same word is used in Genesis 6-9 to connote the flood. It is used both as a literal word for water and with the idea of the eternal waters. The concept of “expanse” is also translated as “firmament” or “vault” in some translations. To support an ocean of literal water to flood the earth chapters later, would not this firmament need to be a solid form, but is that also not a preposterous statement? The word for expanse may have meant a flattened sheet of metal, as the verbal form implies, or ice. Josephus even gives commentary that the latter is the correct interpretation when he says Elohim created a “crystalline” around the earth.Bible Exegesis Conclusion: Genesis 1 is actually a mix of two different, contradictory narratives, and contains cosmology of a solid dome sky and eternal water. It is an ancient myth, not a science textbook.2. Human Evolution disproves a created and literal Adam and Eve That is Homo Naledi. Let me list a few of Naledi's features for you:Ape Like Features:1. Hips jut out2. Shoulder blades better equipped for tree climbing3. Wide ribcageHuman Like Features:1. Finger bones2. Feet3. Brain caseMixed Features:1. Brain Case, while human shaped, is half the size of a human2. The jaw is of mixed features3. The brow has mixed featuresThis being said, I must as my opponent, is Homo Naledi 100% ape, or 100% human?3. Lungfish BurrowsMost people have no idea what this is. Admittedly, I did not either until a few months ago. So take a look: So what? What's the point? Well, these are the lungfish in the fossil record: s://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...; alt="" />The fossil record has lungfish on many different layers. So this means that as each layer was laid down, the lungfish made a burrow. Then, millions of years later, another one did. It was not 6,000 years, it was not made that way, and it could not have been a flood.I await my opponent's response.Sources:Bible, ESV http://digitalcommons.unl.edu...http://elifesciences.org...