This may not fit into some of the rational thought processes out there,but from a born again christains belief and experience believing the creation account did not proceed my belief ,faith and trust in God for forgivenes of sins.
On the contrary, I first saw that I was a sinner,lost in sin, separated from God and in need of redemption and forgiveness and that by believing Jesus died in my place I could have the assurance that I was justified,forgiven and heaven my home.
Just from the sounds of that ,it would seem like a fictional little fary tale,but it was from that personal experience and intimate relationship with Jesus Christ that God indwelt me as a believer and all those who trust Him,giving me a supernatural impartation and manifestation of His presence which confirms the truth of His word, the life of Jesus, Heaven and hell ,etc but more importantly in conjunction to this post ,the creation account.
That presence is His Holy Spirit,I know ,it never comes into the conversation, as far as I have seen in evolution vs creation debates, but I would be ignoring the essence,power and the source of this absolute,confirmation and assurance that what God says, is true.Including the creation accounts.
If it was just my opinion and strong suggestions, with verifiable arguements, I would adapt into this forum or any forum for that matter without hesitation and be accepted and respected by the same,because I would be operating on my own abilities,intellect,logic,reasoning.what this forum is fueled from.
Not that they are'nt essential part of who we are,but in and of themselves they are a limited resource,reliant on the abilities of finite man, unlike the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit that knows all things and is come from the father and that same Spirit comes into every true born agian believer.
Therefore why do I believe in creation,
1) the varification and assurance the Holy Spirit has placed in me confirms the truth of God's word.Creation,Heaven ,Hell,Judgement,punishment,etc
2) The fact that it takes more faith to believe in evolution than creation and that believing things just evolved from nothing,big bang,etc is an insult to our intelligence.
As nothing we see presently with our eyes in this modern and technological age has ever just evolved macro style from nothing,from a pencil,to the shuttle.
There is intelligent design,logic,planning,purpose and intend behind every invention of man,to believe these inventions somehow evolved on there own ,is to me absurb to say the least.
It's ironic that the rationale mind of our day continues to refute the creation by intelligent design but won't use that same logic to refute the invention of a bobby pin had intlligent design.
Is that the epitome of a bias position,makes you wonder what they may be afraid of if they dare admit,confess and recognise an intlligent design in the universe.
That He may actually require something we are'nt willing to surrender or subject ourselves to just yet, such as his standards, His boundaries,His morality and we therefore continue in our indulgent lifestyle,being immoral,perverted,greedy,selfish,idolatrous and maintaining a lustful gratification of our pleasures.
It seems benefical to spend one's life refuting such a creator,who would condemn such actions and require consequences for such behavior.
Not that there are'nt historical, scientific and archaeological proofs,of creation account and that evolution has more holes in it then our solar system,but if I as a Christain were just left to believe or disbelieve in God, creation etc, for the mere fact of believeing based on fuzzy littles feelings with no supernatural confirmation ,I would be left to my own rational thought .
How futile that sounds,especially now that I have the Holy Spirit
