@aarceng, I appreciate your concern. I have extensive experience with Richard Dawkins and his work, and you can rest assured I only “cautiously” agree with only some of his assertions. In my opinion, Dawkins seems to go out of his way to denigrate our concept of a creator God, a partiality particularly evident in his book “The Blind Watchmaker.” That being said, I simply can’t disregard the science and evidence of the evolution he describes, or perhaps more appropriately, the methods God chose to use in His creation of our universe. The evidence for an old earth and for evolution is simply overwhelming. As @Christy so elegantly and accurately stated in another thread,
I couldn’t possibly agree more with that. God bless you @Christy for that understanding! I can no longer prescribe to the theory of young earth creationism. There is simply too much logical, scientifically-based evidence to the contrary. While I may be struggling with the transition and searching for an understanding of this foreign theory I once demonized, I have never second-guessed my decision to reevaluate my beliefs. Adopting a rigid view of any specific concept and disregarding any and all evidence to the contrary is the hallmark of ignorance. I really like how @Michael_Callen put it,
I’m afraid there’s no going back to YEC now, there’s only forward!