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To: monkeyshine
As I read it, a day means one period of sunlight and one period without. I suppose that is the same as 24 hours by our standards.

The "24-hour day" that is observable on most of the earth is the result of the Earth's rotation making the Sun alternately visible and invislbe to a ground-based observer. The Sun did not exist, however, until the Fourth Day. Therefore, something else must have created the light and darkness for the first three "days"; I see no reason to believe that those "days" were of the same duration as one rotation of our planet.

56 posted on 02/05/2002 10:15:08 PM PST by supercat
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To: supercat
Agreed insofar as I have no reason to believe it either.
59 posted on 02/05/2002 10:18:05 PM PST by monkeyshine
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