My degrees are in chemistry and chemical engineering and I've worked in scientific fields all of my life. I have also taken Hebrew classes and many, many Bible classes and know enough to understand when I'm being fooled and when I'm being told the truth.
Young-earth creationism is not supported by the Bible and is not supported by what God has shown us through his creation. It's a dangerous man-made doctrine that has kept many from coming to Christ.
Sorry if I'm being rough but I have witnessed to too many people who think that all Christians are young-earth creationists. Their argument is that if Christians are so wrong on this topic, how can they be right on who Jesus Christ is? They have a valid point.
To paraphrase the apostle Paul: if you've been a Christian for more than a couple of years, it's time to put away childish beliefs and receive mature Christian beliefs.
Citing an opinion as proof for a question? C'mon.
Fine, I'll do ya one too. Both of my degrees happen to be in chemistry (organic) as well, and I've been working in scientific fields for all my life, also. I am also quite familiar with the Bible as well, AND am familiar with the Hebrew language. As such, my qualifications to speak on this question are roughly equivalent to his.
And his claim that YEC is not supported by the Bible is abject foolishness. If he actually knew the Hebrew he claims to know, he'd know that yowm is NOT used to mean anything other than a simple 24-hour period, when it does not receive a specific contextual modifier (as is the case in Genesis 1).
Like it or hate it - the Bible says what it says, and it doesn't support old-earth "creationism". In fact, if he knew as much Bible as he puts across, He'd know that Romans 5:12 understood in conjunction with Romans 8:19-21 positively denies any sort of old-earth creationism. Paul did say to put away childish things - and nothing is more childish than taking demonstrably refutable positions on the Scripture, simply because you're afraid that some fool might ridicule or despise you for it.
Oh, really. Then how do you explain the many usages of yom in the Bible that do not refer to a simple 24-hour period?
Come on, now. Get out your Hebrew Bible, your Strong's reference, your Hebrew dictionary, and explain to me exactly how you support your position. I'll be waiting.