Reader,
You: “Do you believe in evolution?”
Me: “Absolutely.”
You: “But you are a Christian…you believe in creation.”
Me: “Absolutely.”
You: “What? So you believe in both.”
Me: “Absolutely.”
You: “Nonsense; you can not believe in both. You can not have creation and evolution at the same time.
Me: Smiles, a look of adventurous joy with a hint of pity.
You: “Oh, all right, I’ll bite. How can the two be at the same time?”
Me: “Do you believe in water?”
You: “Of course.”
Me: “Do you believe in Hydrogen?”
You: “Yeees.”
Me: “Do you believe in Oxygen?”
You: “Yes, and…?”
Me: “Well you are just a religious nut because I say there is no hydrogen and oxygen.”
You: “What! You can not have water without hydrogen and oxygen.”
Me: “Absolutely.”
You: rolling eyes, sighing…
Me: “You can not have evolution ‘without’ creation. Creation started the process of evolution. Just as a sound can start an avalanche, a spark a forest fire, a thunderstorm a rainbow and floods, the jolt of a defibrillator continues a genetic line, a single miraculous birth the greatest and most hated religious movement of mankind.”
“The action that starts the process is a single event. That action ceases when the process begins. Creation happened: Evolution continues.”
“When you stop fearing that which is, that which is reveals itself to you.”
“January 1st 12:01 am started the New Year; 12:02 continues it.”
Safety first, you fellow Homo Sapiens.