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“Are you defining ID or Design as the equivalent of Biblical Creation?”

No, of course not. That definition is a typical straw man used by evolutionists who are incapable of dealing directly with ID.

Biblical Creationism itself is actually perfectly consistent with what we know about the universe and its origin. The problem is that so-called “young earth creationists” have latched onto a mistranslation of the original Hebrew text. The “days” of creation are not literal 24-hour days, but rather epochs or eons.

[[The problem is that so-called “young earth creationists” have latched onto a mistranslation of the original Hebrew text. The “days” of creation are not literal 24-hour days, but rather epochs or eons.]]

No sir, we haven’t ‘misunderstood’ the word ‘Days’

[[Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day]]

There is NO misunderstanding here- Dark was called night, light called day- the word day is NOT implying ‘many days’ or ‘many years’, it clearly means when it is light out, it is day, when it is dark, it is called night. The “Evening and Morning” were called a Day.

“I think its quite clear by the context that the Author of Genesis chapter 1 meant 24-hour periods. This was the standard interpretation up until the 1800s when a paradigm shift occurred within the scientific community and the Earth’s sedimentary strata layers were reinterpreted. Whereas previously the rock layers were interpreted as evidence for Noah’s flood, Noah’s flood was thrown out by the scientific community and the rock layers were reinterpreted as evidence for an excessively old earth. Some well meaning but terribly mistaken Christians then sought to reconcile this new anti-Flood, ant-Bible interpretation with the Genesis 1 account by reinterpreting “yom” as meaning vast unspecified periods of time. This was a mistake.

The truth is, the evidences in favor of Noah’s flood and a young earth far outnumber those in favor of an old earth and many of the old earth interpretations are known to rely upon faulty assumptions. Unfortunately the scientific community is entrenched on the matter and apparently they refuse to change their minds despite the weight of evidence contrary to their currently accepted paradigm. But please don’t let their stubborn refusal influence how you read your Bible! According to Exodus 20:9-11, God used six literal days to create the world in order to serve as a model for man’s work week. Work six days, rest one. Rest assured, God could have created everything in an instant if He wanted to. But apparently He had us in mind even before He made us (on the sixth day) and wanted to provide an example for us to follow.”

http://www.gotquestions.org/Genesis-days.html

In order to ‘Fit’ your itnerpretation of Day, you MUST then intentionally misinterprete what God said about “Day” and “Night”.

Christ did not command secret praying, nor did he forbid public praying- He mearely was pointing out hte hypocrisy of those hwo prayed for show- so that others would see them praying and think highly of them- Christ makes it quite clear that we are NOT to do as they do, but rather that we SHOULD pray from our hearts and NOT for public show as the religious leaders did.

Christ again was NOT condemning public prayer that is done from the person’s TRUE desire to meet with God through prayer. Christ infact said we SHOULD give public prayers and praying with others together.

[[Mat 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.]]

The whole issue in Matt: 6:6 was to point out that the people should NOT be as the hypocrites, praying for public to see them praying and think highly of them- this type of prayer is false prayer with an evil intent- bolstering their self-esteeme in the presence of others. It was a pride issue- the hypocrites loved having people SEE them praying loudly and often- their reward was not from God, but from the approvals heaped upon them by the public.