Debate: Creationism vs. Evolutionism
Side: creationism

"Upon what evidence do you base these claims, other than your manifesto (the bible)? How did you come to the conclusion you have expounded upon above? Have you submitted this hypothesis to a rigorous examination, cross-referenced with established philosophical principles?"You want the truth? I have been reading my bible for many, many years now, and I have done quite a bit of research in addition. When I clicked on the link that lead me to the site you provided, I proved wrong five of the arguments with my logic and common sense. They attempted to point out the "discrepancies" in Genesis and in each argument they made one or more obvious blunders that blew their argument to pieces. I didn't base my answers on bible verses, that is what they did. I based my answers on knowledge and logic, something (as I said before) they chose to chuck out the window. "why does the Book of Genesis state that humans were created less than one week after the Earth was initially formed, when the Earth was uninhabitable for billions of years after its formation by accretion? In your answer, do not include any quotations from the bible. This is a purely rational exercise"Sure. I will not include verses from the bible as I am sure it is the last thing an atheist would want to read. I guess whatever I say you will dispute but I will answer anyhow, with a short and precise answer: it is your belief that the earth was uninhabitable for billions of years, not mine. Therefore my argument differs immensly to yours as man was made on the sixth day, not the 10 billionth day."Grow up and find it yourself. The information is easily accessible by Google, and we cannot be expected to spoon feed it to you constantly"It is my experience that when debating it is not the opposition's duty to find evidence that is against what he/she believes, therefore if you want to convince me of something, it is you who should supply the evidence, vice versa. "How?"How do I know it is true? Several reasons. But, is there any point in me listing them to an atheist? What particular aspect of my faith that I believe to be true do you want explained? Perhaps, the scriptures as that is what I mentioned before you asked "how". God tells us to believe and trust Him, so that has always been my first step. Secondly, I have a relationship with God; it is something that I wouldn't know where to begin to explain to an atheist. Thirdly, there are hundreds of fullfilled prophecies in the bible; more than 300 prophecies were fullfilled by Christ Himself when He came here. Fourthly, the unique structure of the bible never ceases to amaze me; the 66 books written over an extensive time period yet in perfect unity with each other (regardless of the false arguments men invent which can be proved wrong in the space of around seven seconds - five seconds for the page to load and two to prove him wrong). Fifthly ... - wait I said I'd make it short, so I'll stop here."Faith is a weasel-word for gullibility"Some would say that, sure. What about faith that manages to save lives and lead men through hellish circumstances? Is that kind of faith weasel-like? I think not. I am not about to reveal my life story, but I have been through hellish curcumstances that doctors wonder how I survived and I am not a physically strong person, but my faith was as strong as a rock. Faith is not a word that should be labelled as weasle-like, I assure you. As for the gullible part, any man who has no faith may say that, but that does not make it correct. For example, if I tell you that this site is really incredible, that does not make it correct, and you may think that this site is rather dull. Just because words are spoken aloud, that does not make them accurate. "Scientific textbooks contain knowledge. That is why rational people find them appealing"I agree; I studied Psychology for a time and was buried behind the pages of my textbook at every opportunity I could get. Again, I would have to state here that my Bible contains knowledge, and that is why I, a rational person, find it appealing."You should not view science as dogma" I agree, and nor do I view it as such. Although I am not an extreme fan of science, I do however find scientific facts of great interest; my science volumes are proof of that."That is because it appeals to you" You have to be very careful when making such a statement; I am not some blinded person that believes because I do not want to go to hell and that is it, I believe because I want to be with Christ for eternity. You view my beliefs and automatically assume I am believing a fairytale because it is pink and wrapped in a little pink bow. I cannot tell you how wrong you are; like I said, I have been in certain situations where I was almost killed, I have been through things that not many have experienced, my faith has not always been an easy ride. I ask you not to put me in the same basket as others who call themselves Christians yet are not fit to hold such a title; I am nothing like them. "The burden of proof is on you now, and you are clinging to your bible because you don't find the truth appealing, or can't admit that you're wrong. Grow up." Wrong, the burden of proof is on you. It is you who keeps failing to provide evidence, it is you who failed to recognize that I provided a large list of logic that prove your arguments on Genesis wrong, it is you who appeals to authority and are unable to stand on your own two feet lest you fall. That is what LACK of faith is - fear. As for me, I am standing on my own two feet providing reasoning from my own brain that makes a whole lot more sense than the mumbo-jumbo you talk and when you are asked for evidence, you cannot provide the sufficient facts so instead you turn the tables round asking irrelevant questions which also fails to work as I am the one on my feet. Furthermore, your links are still stating x amount of time ago and instead of giving evidence for the x amount of time given, it goes on to describe what it was that was discovered. Evidence is what I want, not a story, evidence for the time. As for truth being appealing, I find the truth more than appealing which is why I have so much faith in it. I think it is you who needs to grow up, grow a backbone and get those feet planted firmly. I can assure you, God won't let you down if you let Him help you up.