[RaceBannon]

see post 11. The days of Creation were not 1000 years. Look back at the top of the screen, and notice the order of events of creation. Imagine a world with plants for 1000 years with no sun!

[monkeyshine]

I believe the biblical theory is that the plants existed beneath the surface of the earth, not to sprout until the sun and the rain could make them viable -- like a seed can survive under the ground without water or sun... water will make it begin to sprout even without sunlight, and the sunlight will make it rise from the earth.

[Cowgirl]

Would you call God a liar? He said he made it in a 24 hour period and His Word is true. Any misunderstanding is on our part, not His.

[CheneyChick]

I've always taken it as a figure of speech, RB. Not a literal thousand years... God does not view time as humans do, but stands above it with the view of eternity. Time is relative.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Imagine a world with plants for 1000 years with no sun!

And you're saying that God couldn't manage that?