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To: Soliton

Is it not possible to be a creationist, IOW believing that God created the heavens and the earth, AND ALSO believe that the earth is many billions of years old?

What do the constraints of time mean to the One who created time itself?


2 posted on 07/28/2008 2:21:15 PM PDT by Grunthor (Libs love soccer because you can play for hours and have no winner, thus no loser)
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To: Grunthor

IMHO, the scriptures themselves show that God created the heavens and the earth in a mature state, which naturally is going to measure billions of years old.


3 posted on 07/28/2008 2:25:02 PM PDT by DonaldC
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To: Grunthor
Sheesh. Thats nothing..... I saw a Yeti wearing a bikini riding the Loch Ness Monster, chasing Big Foot in my back yard over the weekend.
4 posted on 07/28/2008 2:25:02 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes)
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To: Grunthor
What do the constraints of time mean to the One who created time itself?

That is a nice philosophical position, but the Bible is either true or not. It says six days, not six indeterminate periods of time. The fossil record does not support the order or chronology of Genesis.

9 posted on 07/28/2008 2:30:30 PM PDT by Soliton (Investigate, study, learn, then express an opinion)
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To: Grunthor
What do the constraints of time mean to the One who created time itself?

Exactly. As the old argument says, "How long was a day when all was created by Him?"

27 posted on 07/28/2008 3:07:12 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great spirits will always encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds.)
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To: Grunthor

Yes, you can be both.

It’s called “Old Earth” creationism. Then you can be unpopular with both the atheist/evolutionist crowd AND the “New World” creationists.


30 posted on 07/28/2008 3:19:00 PM PDT by Captain Rhino ( If we have the WILL to do it, there is nothing built in China that we cannot do without.)
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To: Grunthor

Anything is possible. That is a narrow minded view. What makes you think we have had all truths revealed to us?


33 posted on 07/28/2008 3:22:07 PM PDT by freeplancer
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To: Grunthor

Well said.


39 posted on 07/28/2008 4:06:43 PM PDT by Salamander (And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent......)
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To: Grunthor

Best post on this topic that I’ve seen yet.


42 posted on 07/28/2008 4:15:14 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (The road to hell is paved with the stones of pragmatism.)
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To: Grunthor
Is it not possible to be a creationist, IOW believing that God created the heavens and the earth, AND ALSO believe that the earth is many billions of years old?

Yes. After all, how long is a day before days were established?

45 posted on 07/28/2008 4:23:07 PM PDT by TheDon
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