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Christian creationism is the view that life began 6,000 years ago in a process described in the Bible's Book of Genesis.

Not completely accurate. There are many shades of Christian creationism, from young earthers they are describing here to those who believe in Theistic evolution. I wouldn't be surprised if the 'young earthers' are actually a minority of Christian creationists

Exactly. I believe that God created mankind, but that "days" in the Old Testament are not representative of 24-hour periods. Am I disqualified as a "creationist"?

If people would just free themselves of those stereotypes of Christians, discussion on this topic would not be so idiotic. The Genesis literalists and the militant atheists who go and make douchey FR spinoff sites are a microcosm of maybe 15% of the population. Meanwhile, us normal people are able to think critically enough not to have our entire reality shattered when someone happens to disagree with us.

Exactly. I believe that God created mankind, but that "days" in the Old Testament are not representative of 24-hour periods. Am I disqualified as a "creationist"?

If the book is unclear about the definition a day, how can you be so sure about the rest of the contents?

Exactly. I believe that God created mankind, but that "days" in the Old Testament are not representative of 24-hour periods. Am I disqualified as a "creationist"?

Yes, and I'd say you're pretty much disqualified from being a Christian as well. If the Bible doesn't mean what it plainly says, than whats the use in reading it?

Or, if the world wasn't created in six days, was Jesus really raised in three?