Guest, Shakey, at 3:01 p.m. stated, "As far as I can tell there isn't one person in this forum that doesn't think the creation story is a load on nonsense."
I don't. I am confident that the account given in Genesis is accurate.
I understand why some do not believe the Genesis account. They note, correctly of course, that there is much evidence which is compatible with the universe evolving over billions of years after a Big Bang.
There is also much evidence which is compatible with creation of a stable, mature universe by an omnipotent God. I am not writing to convince anyone of my position. I don't suppose, in a few short paragraphs, that I can.
I am writing to protest the hubris of those who think that everyone who disagrees with them on this matter is an "idiot" and "ignorant". As a hobby farmer and as a physician, I do have some knowledge of nature and some intelligence with which to interpret that evidence.