Quote Originally Posted by diogen_ View Post
I partially disagree with the applicability of your example. A while ago I tried to find a material that could put up the existence of dinosaurs with the Bible and ultimately failed. Yet I can't easily 'buy' your (presumed) inference that Darwinians are unequivocally right simply because thus far Darwinian scientists have never demonstrated how the very first life came into existence from non life by an evolutionary mechanism....
I agree with your general point, although I deliberately used the example of "Young Earth Creationism" because it runs afoul not only of biology, but also geology and nuclear physics and astronomy. But you're absolutely correct that "atheistic evolution" and "Genesis literalism" are not the only two options available. (There are theistic cosmologies from many other religions, and there are various forms of "theistic evolution" arguing that the God of Abraham -- or some other Supreme Being -- in some way or another designed and supervised the evolutionary development of life over billions of years.)