[Sabertooth]

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[CheneyChick]

It all depends on your definition of "day".

Beautiful graphics, Saberkitty! Nice work!

[Buckeroo]

Keep in mind that within Genesis there is no exclaimation about the direction of Islam or Christianity or Jewish faith; besides other religious faith. Nope, nothing ........... it is all in the dark.

[CheneyChick]

2 Peter 3:8

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

[RightWhale]

It's allegorical. Not to be taken literally. Same with most of the NT. Anyway, everybody knows the story is the same more or less as the rest of the creation myths of the region.

For example: how thick is the firmament? What is meant by the face of the deep? From John, "In the beginning was the Word": what is that about? These things have meaning, but not to literalists.

[MeekOneGOP]

A Question for Creationists
Nice article, Sabertooth!
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[Victoria Delsoul]

As with all apparent discrepancies in the Bible, we can be certain that the problems lie with our own understanding, and not with the Bible itself. The thought that the creation account must be unreliable and unscientific is due to evolutionary misconceptions, which results in the failing to find the truth in Genesis.

The most obvious understanding of the days would be that of six or seven 24-hour periods, in other words, what we know as the 24-hour calendar day. The word "day" itself is used in several different ways in Genesis 1 and 2. That the word "day" does not refer to a 24-hour calendar day also seems apparent from the account of the sun and moon not being made until the fourth day. How could there be calendar days, which equal solar days, when the sun is not yet present to mark them out? It seems quite likely that "day" represents a period of time, however short or long, in which God was accomplishing something. I think we should view the six days of creation as periods of time, even ages, in which God brought the process of creation.

"With the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day"
-- 2 Peter 3:8

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!