That's not correct. Kaiser was aluding to different possibilities, but Ross maintains that the days were long periods of time. See his book "A Matter of Days."
In the young-earth view you have plants appearing before the Sun, but the OE view recognizes that in the early Earth that the Sun was hidden by the clouded atmosphere. This matchs percisely with Genesis, especially when the Hebrew is properly rendered.
The sequence of animals is also correct when one correctly considers the Hebrew meaning(s). Most people don't realize that ancient Hebrew had limited vocabulary and that most words had multiple meanings. Many translaters translated the words to what fit their view. Newer translations are closer to the mark. These issues also make the YEC "literal" view laughable, because it's not literal at all.
So there's no need to resort to allegories to explain away Genesis. As Ross explains in his book "The Genesis Question," Genesis matches precisely with science. Hence Genesis becomes a powerful evidence for the Bible's authenticity.
Well, Ross didn't say much of anything in the debate you linked to, so I'll suspend judgement on his arguments. All I have to go on is what Kaiser said, and frankly, his arguments were lousy. He's a prime example of how NOT to argue against YECS.
In the young-earth view you have plants appearing before the Sun, but the OE view recognizes that in the early Earth that the Sun was hidden by the clouded atmosphere. This matchs percisely with Genesis, especially when the Hebrew is properly rendered.
That's a bit of a stretch, it seems to me, but if you find it convincing, more power to you. I honestly don't see how it matters for salvation. I'd only caution you against using this on YECs, 'cause it's not going to convince them .
The sequence of animals is also correct when one correctly considers the Hebrew meaning(s).
Okay, this I've got to see. Ross didn't say anything about this in the link you provided. Would you mind enlightening me a bit?
Most people don't realize that ancient Hebrew had limited vocabulary and that most words had multiple meanings.
Maybe, but birds didn't come before land animals, and the Bible says they did. Now it doesn't seem to me that you'd need a big vocabulary to express the sequence correctly. Are you telling me Hebrew doesn't have a precise word for bird?
If you've got a way of rationalizing this one, I'd love to see it.