Dare I do this? Begin this thread? I’ve been putting it off, but, in this moment of insanity (it seems) I am beginning it. Only civil responses are welcome. This is assuming the Bible is truth and man’s interpreation is incorrect.
Ok, the story: Raised as a Christain, thus Creationist. Grew up, Did some thinking, Did some doubting, More thinking, not quite at conclusion.
The question: WAS The world created in 7 days?
Why do I think this? God created the world in seven DAYS. DAYS. WHy do we believe that this means 24 hours? Does it not say in the Bible (some where)that a 100 years to us is a second to God? Doesn’t the Bible also say that God operates according to his own time? Couldn’t that mean his own version of time? If so, then how do we know that those seven DAYS mean 24 hours? OR, could days mean STAGES? But since man (who created time)lives according to time, it was assumed that DAY meant 24 hours because that is how WE see it. We are not God. The timing of day and night (rotation of the earth, etc) could have fallen into the pattern it is now later as the earth evolved BEFORE man was born. A “day” may not have always been the 24 hours that we know it to be today.
If this is so, then how do we know how much time elapsed between each stage? Could it have been thousands of years (OUR years).
WHy do creationists believe that the world is as old as it is? Because man was supposedly created 6 days after? I believe that man is as old as creationists say, but the world could very well be older.
Obviously, I am not a theologian, and welcome any input. Please, though, try to avoid branching off into a creation vs evolution discussion as that will never been resolved. I’m sure there is more that I am forgetting to add, so I may add more rationale later in this discussion.
(I’ll regret this later, I’m sure. These “dicussions” always turn bloody.)