The earth and universe were created in this general form in 6 days. Man was created in less than one.
The guy who wrote this in the Bible was a guy who did miraculous things that could not have been done without God backing him. It was the strength of Moses. He wrote the truth, the first 5 books of the Bible.
There is no evolution. Standard cause and effect says that there is nothing that comes about by action that is not set in place by what happened before it. The power to plan and build the universe, is power that can make anything in little or no time... including life.
I can't understand how an adult in the 21st century can still believe in bronze age fairy tales.
I think it is because the world can be a frightening place, and it is easier to just believe that you know everything.
I know exactly how you feel. Here we are in the age of scientific thinking, and so many people believe in the evolution fairy tale without even thinking. And it wouldn't be so bad, but even after they are shown the science against evolution, they keep right on believing in it. Strange.
I think it's that they want religion so badly, that they will simply accept just about anything. Don't mean to talk against your religion, but...