Adaptation is a key part of evolution. 95 % of evolutionary theory works with a Biblical understanding. So it always makes me wonder why so many Christians adamantly claim that evolutionary theory is false....it isn't...it explains adaptations and the formation of new "species" that are either biologically or socially unable to procreate fertile offspring.
It's similar to Newtonian physics....it can explain the basics but still have mistakes when applied in space or the upper atmosphere of Earth or under the ocean.
Pure science is not the enemy.
God made the earth and its natural laws and He wrote the Bible. They don't contradict one another.
What is at fault is man's understanding of God's natural laws and of the Bible.
The Biblical timeline most people believe and defend is based on Jewish texts (genalogies, timelines, etc.) outside the Bible itself. I am not fully convinced of the 6k years based solely on Biblical text.
Another problem is people's misunderstanding of evolutionary theory....it's like you see...so many straw man on both sides claiming the other believes something only a portion do.
I don't accept the million or billions of years either.
You are right. Pure/true science is not the enemy. The enemy are the ones who discredit the bible and claim that evolution is the only logical way of understanding how the world began.
You are right though, "God made the earth and its natural laws and He wrote the Bible. They don't contradict one another" Since God doesn't lie, the bible then is true. So if we look at the creation period... 6 days all creation, 7th day God rested. Then that would mean today there will be no "new species"...
ever.
Genesis 1:25 -- "God made the beasts of the earth
after their kind, and the cattle
after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground
after its kind; and God saw that it was good."
-----this verse seems like it's hinting evolution working, but that's just my opinion.
But when God created man, we got something different. And this is where people disagree. Does the person believe he comes after apes or after God? I guess, we are what we believe.
Truth is, it's a fallen world we live in, what people call "species" are going extinct one after another, not evolving.
It's sad, but the good news is, to us Christians, who are made after the image of God, are far from fallen through Christ. Everything will be recreated for the better.
Peace