re: DNA analysis shows that Jews and Arabs Descended from Canaanites

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Bold move, Cotton.

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At all. "Dinosaurs" if they exist were merely dragons.

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1) Human footprints have been found along side "dinosaur" (or dragon) footprints in dried riverbeds.

2) As per Book of Enoch, the "Giants" (off-spring of Fallen Angels and Human women) it is suggested chimeras or corrupted the DNA of the animal kingdom was created. If any of those chimeras creatures were "Dinosaurs" or other genetic freaks, they would have been illicit creations NOT of God. Thus left behind and not preserved aboard the Ark.

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Bold indeed.

That was actually a bigger "bold" move, IMHO, than referencing dragons.

In which bibles is the Book of Enoch canon?

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original sin of Adam

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This is the issue.

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I agree entirely, which is why I'm adamantly pro-creation and see creation as a literal 6-day event, as Jesus taught.

Those who think evolution is inconsequential to Christianity haven't really given it much thought, IMO.

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and see creation as a literal 6-day event, as Jesus taught.

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And that belief was all because of Adam’s sin, not to mention eve ate first and Adam followed

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In Matthew 19:3-9, Jesus deals with the issue of divorce. He does so by referencing the Pentateuch, and particularly Genesis. Here is the text from the ESV:

3 And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?” 4 He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” 7 They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” 8 He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

A few of points to note:

1. Jesus responds to the Pharisees by going back to the Scriptures
2. The Scriptures Jesus references in particular are Genesis 1:26-27, and Genesis 2:24
3. Jesus affirms creation of man and woman "from the beginning"
4. Jesus quotes these passages as authoritative

In upholding God's intention for marriage, Jesus goes all the way back to the first two chapters of Genesis, teaching them as literal and authoritative.

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Right, but none of that requires an understanding that the 6 days of creation were 6 literal 24 hour days. One can infer that, and obviously many people do, but it was not explicitly stated by Jesus

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Right, but none of that requires an understanding that the 6 days of creation were 6 literal 24 hour days. One can infer that, and obviously many people do, but it was not explicitly stated by Jesus

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In the context of the time period and the audience, He absolutely was referring to a six literal days. The audience would not understand what Jesus was saying any other way.

You can disagree with a YEC for a lot of very valid reasons. I take no issue with that. But if you believe the Scripture is authoritative then you are led to believe in a literal, six day creative act.

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Plenty of content on YouTube there’s a guy called Morgue who dives deep into Gnosticism their core belief was we are our own God or Gods

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Do you mean, 'The Morgile'? If so, his content and perspectives used to be fascinating. Haven't checked him out in a few years.

I agree with his notion that Gnosticism's core belief is self-godhood via occult knowledge & rituals, which would include many cults including all "New Age", Luciferianism, Kabballah, Masonry, Mormonism, Hinduism, etal.

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Yes, I'm familiar with the argument. But I'm leery of any rigid belief systems that begin with the words, "The clues are..."

IMO any essential belief would be stated clearly, explicitly, and unequivocally.

For me, Rupertus Meldenius summed it up perfectly

In essentials, unity
In non-essentials, liberty.
In all things, love

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My usage of the words "the clues are" was an attempt on my part to be gentle and collegial with my language. I believe that Jesus couldn't have been more clear in what He meant, which is why I provided the reasoning as I did.

The Biblical narrative of creation is self-interpreted by the rest of the Scriptures as being a literal account. Jesus taught so from His words, and Moses did, as well, in recounting the giving of the law where in the 4th commandment is based on creation, being patterned after 6 literal days. Paul references a literal Adam and literal Eve (Rom. 5:12–19; 1 Cor. 15:21–22, 45–49; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:13–14) and the author of Hebrews seems to interpret the days of creation as literal (Hebrews 4:3-4).

People can come up with reasons why the Bible doesn't actually teach a young earth, but usually those who are attempting to make the argument already hold an old earth perspective due to being convinced from "science" that the earth is old, and they then want to reconcile the Bible with that belief/agreement. Not always, but usually, because the Bible on its own doesn't indicate long ages in the text.