[An excerpt: Who is being divisive? by Bodie Hodge]  "Far too often, people have the wrong impression about what it means to be divisive. Those who are divisive are those who are against the clear teachings of the Bible. Paul made this clear in his letter to the Christians in Rome.
Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple (Romans 16:17–18).

Jude also confirmed that unbiblical beliefs cause divisions:

But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit (Jude 1:17–19).

Jude wrote that these divisions are caused by sensual, or worldly minded, beliefs. This should serve as a warning to those who accept man-made ideas that are opposed to the clear teachings of Scripture.

What are some of those clear teachings of Scripture?

  1. Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin (Genesis 2:17, 3:17; Romans 5:12).
  2. Man and animals were originally vegetarian (Genesis 1:29–30).
  3. The week is composed of seven normal-length days (Genesis 1:1–2:4; Exodus 20:11).
  4. All people are descendants of Adam and Eve (Genesis 1:26–28, 3:20).
  5. People began to wear clothing after sin entered the world (Genesis 3:7, 21).
  6. Thorns and thistles resulted from the curse God placed on His creation after sin entered the world (Genesis 3:18).
  7. The flood of Noah’s day was global in extent (Genesis 6–8).

These are not new doctrines—Paul, the other apostles, and Christ himself accepted these teachings. They (and biblical creationists today) understood that Genesis is a record of actual historical events. As a corollary of this, biblical creationists accept, based on careful study of the Bible, that the earth is thousands of years old (not billions).

The questioning of these teachings by many in the Church began in earnest around two hundred years ago. This was not due to a reexamination of Scripture, but rather because the culture had begun to teach an earth history of “millions of years.” The acceptance of the culture’s ideas about the past has led to the reinterpretation of Genesis to fit with these man-made ideas. Some of these reinterpretations are the framework hypotheses, gap theory, progressive creation, and theistic evolution.

Each of these views attempts to combine the secular/evolutionary view of millions of years with the biblical view of history. In doing so, these views reject one or more of the clear teachings listed above..." See:  Who is being divisive? By Bodie Hodge

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "The first encounter I had on TOL with Alate[One] was a picture of a young man holding some kind of extinct slimy lizard. I thought that it was Alate[One]."

The man or the lizard?

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Reptiles are not slimy."