Star Forge wrote: Just for clarification, theistic evolution is not necessarily splitting it both ways, but I get what you mean. Honestly I think the argument between the two never needs to occur outside of religion.
My main beef with creationism mainly comes from the ultra-fundamentalist young earth conservatives. I mean, according to their own beliefs, anyone who doesn't accept the Christian faith."
Yeah I agree with you there. If you believe in God and are standing in judgement before him one day I think his main concern would be if you truly believe and followed a good and moral life. Not whether you followed the Koran, Torah or Bible or whatever. That's a subject for another thread itself though.
Star Forge wrote: "Personally I like the Buddhist stance on the issue, which can basically be summed up as "who cares how and when everything came into existence, we're all here regardless, and we've got bigger and more important things to ponder, think, and debate about, so this discussion is pointless"
Yeah this too. I loved my little brown Buddhist buddies I had the pleasure of hanging out with in Thailand and Cambodia. Great folks : ). Wish I had more time there.
