I did not avoid the question…surelly you are familiar with Genesis chapter 2?
7 Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.d
8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
There is aboslutely no room in the above passage of scripture for an evolutionary view of creation…it is 100% incompatible with the bible…there is nothing spiritual about God (the Almighty God) bending down close to the ground, moulding man from the dust of the earth, then placing his own mouth on Adams Nostrils and breathing the breath of life into them…and “man became a living being”!
I dont know about your comprehension of written language, however, I am certain that in any survey you choose to run, the overwhelming majority will view Genesis chapter 2 in exactly the same way i have interpreted above. The reason why the majority would agree with that view is because it is exactly how the writer intended it to be interpreted. The text is actually self revealing.
The only way you can discredit Genesis Chapter 2 is to simply pretend it doesnt exist! You currently do that by claiming some kind of spiritual version of the creation story…i dont know how that is possible to support when this part of the bible is written as a narrative. It is a very descriptive account of exactly how Moses was inspired by God to explain to the people the origins of their existence!
I think its extremely problematic to claim a personal God (as you apparently also do), a God who set in motion a plan of salvation which your fundamentals also claim on the homepage of this website (which i quote below) using this evolutionary model.
“3. We believe that all people have sinned against God and are in need of salvation.”
I again spell out what salvation is…it is the redemption of mankind back to a sinless existence in harmony with our creator. It is fully explained here:
Romans 6: 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
and here:
Revelation 21: 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying:
“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man,
and He will dwell with them.
They will be His people,
and God Himself will be with them as their God.b
4 ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’c
and there will be no more death
or mourning or crying or pain,
for the former things have passed away.”
5 And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.”
There is simply no way to sensibly explain away this truth…its all through the entire bible…you cannot claim it is merely a spiritual occurrence…that theory is easily disproven in Acts 1:11:
10They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
What i have seen coming out of some individuals on this forum is the idea that God is learning. Honestly, that is complete nonesense. How can an onmipotent, everlasting, all powerful creator be learning? He created the very science you apparently follow (albeit you follow it in error but that is beside the point)!