If God could create the universe, couldn’t he create the geological facts that we are “reading”? IOW if you accept the existence of God and His omnipotence, who is to say that he didn’t create a world that appears millions of years old.
The supposition always is that Adam and Even were created MAN and WOMAN, not babies.
The logical conclusion would be that God created the earth already aged as well.
He could, but He’s not given to deception— that’s the domain of That Other.
The Genesis judgment created every visible feature on Earth.
An observant eye sees a very young Earth in such things as hills that still have deep soil that brings forth new land slides every winter. An old Earth would be nothing but bedrock and rugged, unclimbable cliffs, with shallow oceans full of sediment.
He can create (like he did Adam) a creation with the appearance of age, fully formed in other words.
That being said, what I don’t believe in is making assumptions and reading things into the text that are not there.....this leads to a loss in faith if the “assumption” is proven wrong.
No, I don’t believe the earth is over 3 Billion years old, but I also don’t think Usher got his dates completely right either.
Who is more wrong? In my opinion, the old earthers have a lot more explaining to do than young earthers.
Yahweh = Loki?
You guys always have one, single argument that everything else boils down to:
Our epistemology is divine, and yours isn't, so screw you, we're going home.</Cartman>
You argue on about that level.
Last Thursdayims!
Who says the entire universe wasn’t created with the appearance of age last Thursday?
I like when people go with the “appearance of age” defense in that it admits a fundamental truth...
a) Models that assume an ancient Earth and Universe are useful in explaining and predicting data
b) Models that assume a young Earth and Universe are of absolutely no practical use to anybody.