I Don't Stab Bibles!!!

Monday night was another slow, boring night at my slow, boring job. In an attempt to have an intelligent conversation with the guy I was working with I made a big mistake.

Religion was the topic and I just had to bring up my views on the Creation Theory vs. the Evolution Theory. My coworker is a firm believer in God and the theory provided by the church which we know as the Creation Theory. Unfortunately my views did not match his idea of the way we came to be in our present state and I believed I suffered a tremendous loss of brownie points in the way he views me. Because I support the Evolution Theory and the scientific perspective of human development he proceeded to accuse me of being atheist and a fool. When another coworker's bible was found under the counter he jokingly, but still offensive to me and my beliefs, exclaimed that he should not allow me to have because I "may stab it with a knife". Although, at the time, I brushed it off (and I have no hard feelings toward the guy whom I consider a friend), I am now seeing the wait of his words and the dangerous amount of ignorence they hold.

Why is it that, according to many Christians, evolution believers cannot believe in both eveolution and God at the same time? Not one time during our small, unofficial debate did I announce my disbelief in God. I merely denounced my belief and the credibility of the Creation Theory. God is a subject and belief that I try not to touch on because I have no solid view on the Almighty's existence. That is subject I'm still searching for a reason to accept. I'm not going to make myself believe the existence of a higher being only because I'm told too. I want my acceptance of God to be a personal epiphany brought on as a spiritual journey not because the leaders of the Church, which is a man-made not God-made institution, tell me I should.

I believe in the Evolution Theory because of my own personal reasons. Like the belief in the Creation Theory it can not, and should not, be cancelled out by the other. Like they say, "To each his own."