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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
boymonkey74
reply to post by rickymouse
Yeah must admit even on ATS I have not heard anyone say the earth is only 6000 years old.
So If you do speak up so we can have a laugh
Blue_Jay33
Fundamentalists of Christendom teach that the universe, including our earth and all life on it, is only a few thousand years old. Those who teach this doctrineknown as creationism—may have high regard for the Bible, but they contend that God created all things in six days just a few thousand years ago.
They reject credible scientific evidence that contradicts their view.
Blue_Jay33
As a result, the teaching of creationism actually discredits the Bible, making it appear unreasonable and inaccurate. Individuals who promote such views might remind us of some in the first century who had a zeal for God “but not according to accurate knowledge.”
Blue_Jay33
Something as simple as light from stars arriving at our planet millions of light years away disprove the young universe belief/theory as wrong. Of coarse non-believers don't have to be convinced of this, this is more for believers that still cling to the young Universe idea.
Blue_Jay33
As a result, the teaching of creationism actually discredits the Bible, making it appear unreasonable and inaccurate.
Of coarse non-believers don't have to be convinced of this, this is more for believers that still cling to the young Universe idea.
which is a whole other topic entirely.
(why dont 350 million year old Shark species rule the earth-you would think in that time frame would have evolved).
On7a7higher7plane
God started the work day, finished it and decided it was good and then blam that day was over.
You seem to lack understanding. Like I say your understanding of these terms are inadequate this book is ancient. Maybe 6 days didn't mean 6 revolutions of the Earth relative to the Sun. There's a lot it could have meant.
iterationzero
reply to post by boymonkey74
I've had... spirited discussions with a handful YECers (or YUCers, as Blue_Jay33 would put it) here on ATS who hold to the idea that the Earth is on the order of thousands of years old. Most of them end up citing good old Answers In Genesis and its strict Biblical literalism.
Blue_Jay33
reply to post by On7a7higher7plane
You seem to lack understanding. Like I say your understanding of these terms are inadequate this book is ancient. Maybe 6 days didn't mean 6 revolutions of the Earth relative to the Sun. There's a lot it could have meant.
And you misunderstood the OP, I agree with your statement. God's days are not limited to our 24 hour periods.
One theory I have seen is that each creative Eon/Day was shorter than the last, yet that would indicate that the sixth day being the shortest was very long in itself as it included the dinosaurs too, it is very possible that the 6th day was around 200 million years, man and woman only created literally at the end of this day. This would indicate that the other periods were even longer, modern science and bible days can thus be reconciled.
reply to post by pstrron
FYI-years from Adam's creation is 6038. The Flood was in 2370 B.C.E.
You can figure this out by reading when people were born and at what age they had children and so on, it's all in the book of Genesis. Chapter 5 gives you an idea, Noah had his boys after he was 500, talk about having kids later in life.edit on 8-12-2013 by Blue_Jay33 because: (no reason given)
Of far greater concern to me, however, is the negative effect that these episodes of misinformation may have on the Christian witness to a scientifically knowledgeable world. The world to which we direct the Christian message has every right to expect our scholarship, including our natural science, to be characterized by the highest standards of competence and integrity. If we publicly fail to maintain those standards, how can that world gain confidence in the message we proclaim? If we disseminate misinformation in the name of Christian scholarship, who will listen to our preaching of the gospel? More than fifteen centuries ago St. Augustine expressed this same concern in his commentary on Genesis:
"Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and other elements of this world, about the motion and orbit of the stars and even their size ... and this knowledge he holds to as being certain from reason and experience. Now, it is a disgraceful and dangerous thing for an infidel to hear a Christian, presumably giving the meaning of Holy Scripture, talking nonsense on these topics; and we should take all means to prevent such an embarrasing situation, in which people show up vast ignorance in a Christian and laugh it to scorn.... If they find a Christian mistaken in a field which they themselves know well and hear him maintaining his foolish opinions about our books, how are they going to believe those books in matters concerning the resurrection of the dead, the hope of eternal life, and the kingdom of heaven ... ?" -- St. Augustine
The bible wasn't written by Christians