If you read Genesis literally, there is no 6000 year timeline.
If you read Genesis literally, there is no 6000 year timeline.
Exactly. Another interesting argument that I have read is that the Universe might be 6,000 years old from God’s viewpoint. If God created the Universe with the big bang, then his view, as starting there, could correspond to 6,000 years from the view of someone now on earth.
http://www.iam777.org/time.htm
http://www.windowview.org/sci/pgs/12old.earth.html