“Biblical inerrancy...”
And God created everything in seven days, right?
It says so. It doesn’t say days that only God knows what they are, it says seven days. Days were 24 hours long when the bible was written or told orally.
So, seven days, right?
And God created everything in seven days, right?
It says so. It doesn’t say days that only God knows what they are, it says seven days. Days were 24 hours long when the bible was written or told orally.
So, seven days, right?
First of all, the Torah (the first five books) were written before the world was created and then dictated to Moses letter-for-letter. I don't expect the Catholic Church to teach this, but this is what happened.
Second, the argument of "how long is a day?" misses the point creationists are trying to make. True, the sun was created on the Fourth Day so it couldn't have figured in the first three days (though light had been created and hours are relative, being 1/12 of a day and 1/12 of a night). The point is that there is simply no use in interpreting the days to agree with evolution, since the universe did not, and could not have, formed "naturally." "Nature" and its "laws" exist within the created universe--not outside it. So why would any rational person insist on interpreting the six days as billions of years in order to allow the universe to form "naturally?"
Third, what is it about the six days of creation (and Jonah's great fish, for that matter) that makes the Catholic Church and most of its members so hostile? Do the six days or the great fish somehow undercut the Pope or the magisterium? What's the deal?