"Steve Dufour" <stevejdufour@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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This is from http://www.beliefnet.com  They also have some other
articles on the subject, tied in with the Mars exploration.

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As a Bible believing Christian, and having read the Bible, here is what I
have found regarding science and the Lord's Word:

1) In Genesis the birds were created first. I "knew" this to be wrong
because of all the archeological "evidence" stating that the birds came
last. So I asked God for an answer. About 6 months after that I heard about
Bakker's theories regarding dinosaurs. Every archeological show since then
has been agreeing with him. One show went so far as to call T-Rex a big
"chicken." Point proved. Praise God!

2) The word for "earth" in Hebrew is actually "land" or "ground." This is a
more general description than the specific planet we inhabit. Even if you
don't agree, Gen. 1:1 says God created the _heavens_ and the earth.
"Heavens" includes everything else. And we know there are other planets
without a doubt.

3) Also in this first verse is the Hebrew word "bara." The connotation is
that of creation from nothing. Thus the "big bang" theory is seen as a
plausible beginning.

4) Regarding the word "man" it has the same root as the word for "Adam."
Which stems from the word "ground." As such we can safely see that the
creation of our species could possibly have been through evolution.

5) Finally, with regard to extraterrestrials it is possible that the
"family" of man is the much larger group of the family of all conscience
beings.

However, the bottom line is not how God created the universe (through what
we know as science or through a sudden coming into being). Rather it is only
important that there is only 1 way, truth, and life - which is found in
Jesus Christ.

-sweet
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