What are your religious beliefs? (or non-beliefs)

[Kantor]

Smeags said:

Kantor said:

Just one simple question, then.

Do you accept evolution, as a clear scientific consensus with significant amounts of evidence in favour?

I'll put it this way (in favor [Ha! Me and my silly American spelling! ] of saving time):

I believe that Genesis 1 is a poetic and metaphorical account of creation (like how the Psalms are mostly poetic and not taken "literally") and that Genesis 2 is an actual historical account. I suppose you can call me an "old world creationist", which is different from "new world creationism" (God forms the world, fills it with life, and then sets man and woman upon it in a literal seven day period) in that God does in fact form the world and fill it with life, but over a much longer (Billions? Possibly) period of time.

So yes, I believe that God guided some kind of process of natural selection, but I also reject the concept of evolution as some all encompassing theory.

(Also, as important as Genesis and Creation are, it's really not the main story of what Christianity is about. So to be honest, while I do believe that God had a hand in creation, It's really not the focus of my faith)

@Miz

Lol, don't worry too much about me.

God-guided natural selection is still natural selection.

Genesis 2, however, is quite clearly an account of creation. God creates the Garden of Eden, puts Adam in it, tells him not to eat from the evil tree, and rips out one of his ribs to make his wife. No monkeys, dinosaurs or single-celled organisms.

I would be intrigued to know what you think Christianity really is about. What is the most important part of it?