This whole line of reasoning is absurd! If there is no night/day cycle, there is no day. If there is no sun to rotate around, there is no year. In fact, from our point of view, without either of these two time clocks, there is no way to measure time, per se. Thus, a day is a day only if it has an evening and a morning, and it always lasts 24 hours, except when Joshua defeated the Amorites in Joshua 10.
Why assert anything else? To fit with radiometric dating time frames? It does not help with light travel from stars, unless you omit Sun Moon and Stars creation on day 4.
“This whole line of reasoning is absurd! If there is no night/day cycle, there is no day. If there is no sun to rotate around, there is no year. In fact, from our point of view, without either of these two time clocks, there is no way to measure time, per se. “
Ah, the limitations of language. I see this as exactly why I agree with what McGee wrote. Our understanding of time is dependent on days, years, etc. Before there was light, creation and time existed. God was at work. To Him it was all present tense. To read His Spirit “was hovering” implies an action that took place over time. How much time? Without a watch, I don’t believe any human knows.
You can believe whatever you wish. Let each be convinced in his own mind.