If the creation story in the bible is an accurate account of how god created life on this earth why doesn't it match the fossil record? [Spirituality & Religion]

@SW-User

Sorry, i didn't follow that.

What is "it" that was created in god's image? Is the creation story accurate?

It is life and as I said the creation story is promises man's take on a complex subject

@SW-User

Oh i agree that the bible is man's interpretation of things he doesn't understand.
So your answer would be "genesis is not an accurate account of how life on this planet came to be".

No I said it was as accurate as their knowledge would allow them to interpret

@SW-User

Isn't that just an excuse for why it's not accurate?

Anything that is written can be taken as an excuse when viewed from a different generation and thought process.

@SW-User

No, no. I'm specifically referring to your excuse. Can you speak to that?

I just have. It's not an excuse try expanding your line of thought, it appears to run on British rail tracks.

@SW-User

Yeah...but saying that genesis is as accurate as the people's knowledge would allow is just another way of saying that in fact it is not accurate.

No it's like saying an engineer's knowledge in 1760 was not accurate because knowledge has evolved over the centuries

@SW-User

um...so not accurate then. At best incomplete.
But this totally sidesteps the issue of this thread which is that the creation account in genesis is not supported by real world evidence...and therefore not accurate.

So what are you actually saying?

There is nothing in the universe accurate or complete because it is continually evolving

@SW-User

Well no. That's wrong.
Either the account of creation in genesis is accurate or it is not.
Reality is not in flux. Either the description of creation in genesis corresponds to the real world or it does not.

Of course it does, and you are not in the real world if you believe reality is not changing and in flux. Every person and creature you meet has a different interpretation of reality, minty nine percent of modern religions are in flux and adapting to the advent of new and life changing discoveries in the sciences.Tbe old religions have always accepted that as fact.

@SW-User


Ah...
Well if we can't agree on even such basic terms as reality then i think this discussion has gone as far as it can

Nice to talk but that's life

@SW-User But, reality isn't changing. Our understanding of reality is. The laws of logic demonstrate as such.

The laws of logic do not apply to a living persons reality, a wife dies the government increases taxes. That person's reality has changed.

@SW-User


Incorrect.
The conditions of their life have changed. Their reality remains the same.

@SW-User You’re talking about a very whimsical definition of reality. Pikachu and I are discussing reality; that is, the unchanging facts of our universe. I.e. the fact that the fossil record would demonstrate the creation story is nothing more than a story made up by cave men.