31-Mar-2012, 8:35 AM
To be honest, as someone who calls himself a Christian, I don't really have any problem with the idea of an eons-old universe or some degree of evolutionary theory. The book of Genesis was not meant to be a scientific treatise in any way, particularly since it was written for an audience that - at the time - had not made any significant scientific discoveries, at least to our knowledge. If anything, the language in the creation account is heavily vague - why, even Christians debate it amongst themselves. While I don't believe that science and human observation are perfect by any stretch, I do believe in a God who's not deceptive. So if some rock appears to be billions of years old by multiple measuring standards, it probably is that old. If God decided to use natural processes across a long period of time, I don't see why that's an issue. But then again, I haven't really looked into this too much.