Conceptual Misconceptions - Sorting Through the Popularized Misconceptions
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Misconception #1 - the Genesis creation account is poetry or myth if it isn't interpreted literally.
The view of this site is that the Genesis creation accounts are not poetry, not myth, and are not to be interpreted literally. On the contrary, the Genesis creation accounts have a deeper, more powerful meaning intended by the author(s): the beginning of Genesis served as a response to contrast the Hebrew God against the finite gods and goddesses of the neighboring cultures, and to differentiate between creation being intentional in Hebrew religion and being accidental in the neighboring religions.
While there are a few pro-evolution scientists who have an anti-Christian agenda, most do not. Most are investigating evolution as a theory because that is their scientific role--they have no other agenda, much less an evil one.
Not necessarily. The Theistic Evolution viewpoint can actually lean either way. Belief in a literal Adam and Eve and belief in an allegorical Adam and Eve are both complementary to Theistic Evolution.
Teenagers do not suddenly develop rebellious mentalities as the result of studying the theory of evolution. Students who typically pursue such acts are not always the most studious, and therefore probably did not retain much of what they studied about the theory.
What the Bible says to a reader is based on what the reader interprets.
Not necessarily. Theistic Evolution can take a step further by utilizing the Divine Designer concept and demonstrate how the detailed complexity of our existence is a reflection of a caring personal God.
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