[Smartaleck]

"Since the Sun was not created until the fourth day, it is absurd to think the first 3 days were of a fixed 24 hr period."

Minor details. LOL

A minister at a church I used to attend was also a Biblical scholar and read from the original language(s). One of the most interesting books he had referenced all the oldest known manuscripts of the Bible.

He too brought up the subject and interpretation of "day" but I don't recall what his comments were other than the word couldn't be interpreted or understood as we know it today.

He was a most interesting in his teachings in that he always tried to set the cultural context of whatever passage was being discussed.

One example I recall pertained to the Last Supper. Imagine if you will, you are a Roman soldier passing by just outside where the Supper is taking place.

You overhear somebody say...."this is my blood...drink it" "this is my body eat it".
What would be your reaction should you overhear such a thing on your way home from church?

Sounds a bit like some cultist satanic ritual? hmmmmmm

[shubi]

Your minister is correct. We must try to understand the cultural milleu at the time. We must try to put ourselves in the heads of the writers of the Bible and see what they could know in their age, the limitations of language and unscientific thinking.