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NASB | Genesis 1:20 ¶ Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:20 ¶ Then God said, "Let the waters swarm and abundantly produce living creatures, and let birds soar above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens." |
Subject: which came first the chicken or the egg |
Bible Note: Dear new user Aspiring: There is a world of difference between micro- and macro-evolution. In its simplest terms, micro-evolution involves minor adaptive changes within a species in response to environmental stimuli. Macro-evolution is enormously broader in scope, embracing quantum leaps from simple cells to complex organisms, not only crossing over boundaries of species but actually creating new species in the evolutionary process. An example of micro-evolution is race. God created one man and one woman, Adam and Eve. They were of one "race" and color, obviously. They could not have been all races and all colors that are extant in the world today. It is micro-evolution (adaptation) that accounts for the fact that we have people of African, Asian, and European ancestry in the world today, people of different skin tones and other physiognomic characteristics. These adaptive changes (mico-evolution) in no way present the slightest contradiction or interpretive challenge to the truth of Genesis; macro (Darwinian) evolution clearly does. It was mico-evolution, unless I am much mistaken, about which Curtnsally was speaking in his post about which you voiced question and concern. For more information about creationism and evolution from a conservative Christian perspective, you may enjoy visiting icr.com on the Web. --Hank |