Debate: Creationism vs. Evolutionism
Side: evolutionism

In reference to the plants the book of genesis has this to say1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.although plants, from the kingdom plantae go back billions of years, those being simple single celled photosynthetic plants, the bible seems to be mentioning plants that have seeds, and according to the national geographic society (see link below) the first seed bearing plants evolved in the devonian era which began 416 million years ago. Could you please point out the passages in the bible where it references dinosaurs? or sea monsters as you translate it to be. What I am trying to get from this argument is that the major consensus among scientists (see link for evidence below, i can't list all scientists, this is just one journal) is that the dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago, most likely by the effects of an asteroid impact with earth. Humans however the thing is most anthropologists and palentoligists believe humans originated somewhere out of east africa approximately 150 to 200 thousand years ago based on fossil records of early hominids in ethiopia and kenya. Now it seems to me that god couldn't have made humans in "the beginning" if dinosaurs existed millions of years before us, and were long gone by the time we got here, which wasn't at the beginning of earths formation. Okay as for discrepencies in genesis, here you go. http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/gen/contra_list.html  take a look through the many contradictions in genesis alone, don't shy away just because it is most likely a biased site but actually look at the evidence presented, if you have any problem with these points please feel free to let me know. On the topic of the creation of earth in 6 days versus billions of years there is an study put out by the academy of sciences, a fairly reputable organisation that has this to say on the creation of earth "The best estimates of Earth's age are obtained by calculating the time required for development of the observed lead isotopes in Earth's oldest lead ores. These estimates yield 4.54 billion years as the age of Earth and of meteorites, and hence of the solar system." Read through pages 3-8 in the article just to learn the scientific side of the story (http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=6024&page=5) there is the link to the study, so feel free to read through as it describes in detail the formation of the universe, earth, and life. I wouldn't say i have such willful ignorance, i was raised catholic, went to church, read the bible many times over, and I also learned to question what I was told, think for myself and find real substantive answers with evidential support to the questions i had. The bible does have some great values for ways to live your life, but it is not a history textbook, nor a biology one. I have examined all sides of the argument and have no hesitation in expressing my support on the side of science. I look at the world, learn what I can and make my theories and views of the world upon that. I don't try to twist the world to adhere to a 2000 year old text from the people who thought the world was flat. I've done my research, but I can admit i will never understand the universe 100% and I am not willing to stop looking for answers to life, and I would rather die not knowing something, than make an answer up to satisfy my curiosity. (http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/prehistoric-world/devonian/) (http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo2/mod_homo_4.htm) (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100304142242.htm) (http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=6024&page=5)