Bible, science are compatible

I thought the recent letter by Mrs. Kleckner was very interesting.

Creationism is only one religion's view on how humans and our world came to be. Humans do deserve to have freedom of logical thought. However, like so many atheists before her, she states that science and religion are incompatible.

I for one find that evolution, the big bang theory (which a Catholic priest came up with), and other scientific discoveries to be the greatest proof that there is a God.

Let's compare the story of creation to science. The book of Genesis's first description of the earth is that it starts off as a formless mass. According to science, our solar system began as a swirling disk of formless gas. The first thing that began to take form was the sun. In Genesis the first thing God creates is the sun.

After this, planets would have begun to take shape. According to the creation story, God's next order of business was shaping the earth, having the water gather in the lower ground, while the higher ground becomes land.

Science teaches that once the earth had begun to cool down, water condensed and naturally gathered. If you read the order in which God creates life in Genesis, you would see it follows the general line of evolution.

First plants, then fish and birds, then land animals. Finally, God creates man.

While evolution suggests man descended from pre-humans who were related to primates, scientific evidence has shown that several species of pre-humans existed with early man. It is likely that early humans, being more advanced, eventually drove all other species of near humans to extinction.

Furthermore, upon analyzing our DNA, scientists discovered no evidence in our genetic code that our history stretches millions of years.

Oh, and creationists, the world may not have been created in seven days. "Day" in Hebrew, the Bible's original language, can mean a period of time, not just 24 hours.

What it comes down to is that no matter how it happened, we're here. We should all have as high standards of treating each other as possible.

Andrew Revord

Mount Prospect