"the God of the Bible" (or "unbogging the IotD blog")

[OnyxCougar]

I have no idea.

Growing up in a (mostly) agnostic household, I wasn't raised with any religion, per se, but my father didn't believe in evolution, either, because he felt if man evolved from apes, then we should still be evolving. The "missing link" shouldn't be missing, because apes are still here, and we are still here.

Once I started making up my own mind, I went evolution, and did my thesis in college on Black Holes. Then my spirituality kicked in, and I started studying various religious texts. I became Wiccan, because I felt that the set of beliefs of those traditions best fit with my own.

Now that I've married a Christian, and he's about as religious as you can get without going to church (and if there was a local church called the "Vineyard", he'd go there.) He believes in the bible, and it's literal meaning, and we've had many discussions on the evolution (me) vs creationism (him) viewpoints. His biggest problem with evolution is that we simply don't know, and he has a problem with the scientists accepting the idea as fact and completely discounting any contradictory evidence.

The problem is I simply don't have a good enough grasp of the scientific concepts behind the proofs for each side to accurately defend either (See the EvC thread I got ripped to shreads on.

So, now I'm going to take a time out, educate myself, and start posting what I find here and on my "religious" webpage.

To be honest, I don't know which way I'm going to go, or even if I'm going to make up my mind either way. Wiccan beliefs sometimes center around a "father time" and "mother earth" theme, but to be honest, I'm not sure what creation beliefs hold the majority in the Wiccan/Pagan traditions. I think this would be a great time for someone that knows much more to take over.

Take it away, Els!!