#creation vs evolution

So I'm not here to make fun of someone's beliefs or call anyone stupid, but there is something I have to address about this movement where Christians believe the Earth is only 6000 years old. I was raised Christian and read the Bible religiously when I was younger. Nowhere does it mention the age of the Earth.

I have my issues with religion. I'm not going to get into it here...

But when someone tells me that my tribe was wiped out 4000 years ago by a global flood...

I'm going to look at you funny.

First off, my tribe has been in the same spot for over 6000 years. If there had been a global flood 4000 years ago, the Chitimatcha would not be here today. Why? Because the land the tribe sits on is swamp. It's all swamp.

Second, if there was a global flood, then how do any of the other indigenous tribes still exist? We have genealogical records and tribal records dating back to when the tribes split. Both Choctaw and Chitimatcha were in the same region before the Choctaw were forced to move. They were likely part of one tribe before they split. Kinda like how the Houmas split from the Chitimatcha. It just doesn't add up to what this movement is preaching.

I will be clear, this is mostly happening in the United States and its a relatively small movement based on someone adding up the ages listed in the Bible without using the Jewish Calender.

I'm not calling anyone stupid, but gullible at most. Because they don't know how to do their own research and trust that theory is fact and not hypothesis.

Noah’s Last Days – Pastor Patrick Hines Sermon

18 Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 These three [were] the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was *populated. 20 Then Noah began *farming and planted a vineyard. 21 He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father,…

Hey, Rain Anon!

I have an interesting history with the concept of evolution. It was actually my initiation into deconstruction years ago, although I didn't know it at the time.

Because I grew up evangelical (Southern Baptist, specifically), I was taught that God created the world in six days. My parents also introduced me to Young Earth Creationism, or the belief that the world is only 10,000 years old, via Ken Ham and his "Answers in Genesis" series.

Incidentally, it became a rite of passage for me and other kids in my church to "stand up for the gospel" in science class by attempting to disprove the theory of evolution.

Fast forward to college, when I met Christians who believed in evolution. It rocked my world—Genesis clearly said that God created the world in six days, so how could anyone believe differently? But I didn't want to confront those uncomfortable thoughts at the time.

Now that I've deconstructed my evangelical faith, I've realized several things about evolution, creationism, and similar doctrine:

God is present in the creation story and in evolution—"Ever since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities—God’s eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, because they are understood through the things God has made." (Romans 1:20a, CEV)

Believing in a literal six-day creation or the Big Bang doesn't make us more or less Christian than others—ultimately, this doctrine doesn't matter as much as loving God and loving others (Matthew 22:36-40).

The fixation on creation vs. evolution is relatively modern—apparently, evangelical Christians paid little attention to Darwin's theories at first. But because they were primarily concerned with the developing European belief that the Bible wasn't literally true, they eventually rejected the theory of evolution for a literal interpretation of Genesis.