Evolution and the bigbang theory are compatibel with the Bible.

I thank Pro for this oppurtunity to debate, and for the comprehensive explanation of the big bang theory he has given us. However, my contention lies with his rather abridged version of the biblical account of creation, "god said and light was." In full, Genesis 1:1-3 states:"In the beginning God created the sky and the earth. The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God's Spirit was moving over the water. Then God said "let there be light" and there was light."Note that according to the biblical account, water existed before God created light. This already creates a contradiction between the big bang theory and the bible: matter (In the surprisingly complex form of H2O molecules) existing before the moment of the big bang.Another logical impass arises in Genesis 1:4-5-"God saw that the light was good, so he divided the light from the darkness. God named the light 'day' and the darkness 'night'. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the first day."We can assume from the inclusion of the words 'day' 'night' and 'morning' that this refers to Earth. But how is this possible, when, as Pro claims "God said and light was" describes the big bang? If that was the case, surely the light eminating would be continous, as the universe was constantly expanding?"God is energy that"s why we aren"t allowed by the bible to paint him or make an image of him. because god is not material he is energy."I have never come across this being forbidden in the Bible. Would Pro be able to provide a verse reference of this point in the bible? And if this is a case, why is it that Pope Julius II permitted Michaelangelo to paint this picture, of God giving life to Adam, on the roof of the Sistine chapel? "God created the animals and plants." Once again, there is a continuity error between the scientific and biblical accounts (this time of evolution). According to Genesis 1:11-12,"Then god said, "Let the earth produce plants- some to make grain for seeds and others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant" And it happened. The earth produced plants with grain for seeds, and trees that made fruits with seeds in them. Each seed grew its own kind of plant. God saw that all this was good"This is the first mention of any biological organisms in the Bible, suggesting that plants were the first organisms to develop. Yet the accepted scientific view is that the first living things were single-celled prokaryotic organisms, such as bacteria.However, there is an even more obvious disparity between the big bang theory and the bible, when we examine Genesis 1:16 -"So God made the two large lights. He made the brighter light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars"Here we reach an impossibility, as according to the Bible, life began before the Sun was formed. This creates a further contradiction between the big bang theory and the Bible, because we have established that Nuclear Fusion reactions started to happen in the sun's core 4.6 billion years ago, whilst the first life forms only developed 3.8 billion years ago- From this, we can establish that the Bible and big bang theory are incompatible by a margin of at least 800 million years.In response to Pro's points about the creation of humans, I must first say that in the Bible humans were created as a seperate, special species, not along with the other animalsThe first animals were created in Genesis 1:20 -"Then God said, "Let the water be filled with living things, and let the birds fly in the air above the earth"Whereas humans are created last of all in Genesis 1;26"Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the tame animals, over all the earth, and over all the small crawling animals on the earth"This is in direct contrast to the theory of evolution, which states that human beings are just another species, which evolved from apelike ancestors.Whilst Pro states-"Adam and eve were Adults they had the capacity of thinking early on they had not to wait to grow up proving theier had no bodies"Genesis 3:7 states-"Then, it was as if their eyes were opened. They realised they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made something to cover themselves."So the Bible clearly states that Adam and Eve had physical bodies, if they could cover themselves with fig leaves. "Proving that Adam and eve have been given a body by god to punish us"I have just proved that according to the Bible, Adam and Eve had a physical body whilst they were in the garden of Eden, and crucially before Genesis 3;16 and 17, when God curses Eve and then Adam.Conclusion:There are huge contradictions between the Bible and the theories of evolution and the big bang, and humanity had always had physical bodies, even according to the BibleSources:The Bible (New Century Version)http://www.bbc.co.uk...http://www.universetoday.com...http://humanorigins.si.edu...