Quote Originally Posted by Anonymous View Post
It's an odd thing that we as southern protestants tend to cling to. The entirety of our faith actually becomes stronger when you stop clinging to subjective views of what is "right" and take Genesis for what it is, a collection of beliefs that Jews held at the time of it's writing. It's why we see two different creation stories in Genesis 1 & 2, because they were literally giving the two more prominent theories/beliefs at the time of writing. Which dates to the Mesopotamian ideas that the Earth is flat with water both above and beneath it.
Great points. To me, it's why the Biblical "literalists" 1) get so much push back from fellow Christians and non-Christians, and 2) draw the ire of people who just want to hate on Christianity, in general (which declaring the Earth is 6k years old, despite very basic [& non controversial] science and overwhelming evidence to the contrary, obviously makes an easy target).

Arguing for things that aren't even explicitly stated in the Bible as being absolutely central to your understanding of the faith, and having a "it's all true ,or none of it's true" (as one poster has stated), is what makes discussing these issues so frustrating. What does the age of the Earth have at all to do with the teachings or philosophy of Christ? (**whispers**...nothing....)