[TXnMA]

"... 2) how old is the Earth"?

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That one is easy: God dictated/wrote Genesis, so the 'days of creation' were His days (however long that happened to be) -- not 'man's days' (one rotation of this insignificant, created ball of mud). To claim anything else is the utmost in sinful hubris.

To quote a prominent FReeper.

"Man is not the measure of God".

(Note: The above theological statement has zero to do with Darwin or his 'theory' .)

[Christian_Capitalist]

I respect, though disagree with, Old-Earth Creationists.

But I’m not going to be offended if Rand Paul refuses to repudiate my own beliefs, y’know?

[allmendream]

But a “day” before the Sun had even been created just HAS to be 24 hours. Don't you know? /s

[Alamo-Girl]

"Man is not the measure of God".

Indeed. Thank you so much for the ping, dear brother in Christ!

[betty boop]

... the 'days of creation' were His days (however long that happened to be) — not 'man's days' .... "Man is not the measure of God."

Well said, TXnMA!

I think a lot of people have a problem conceiving of time in any way outside the "framework" of the linear series of moments moving irreversibly from past to present to future that they directly experience and confirm by sense perception.

But God is not in time. So how can man "measure" Him?