Well, I'm not sure of the "24 hours" but I do know that God said himself that he created the heavens and the earth and all that is within them in SIX DAYS. Period.
Now if you don't believe that, then take it up with God.
Actually, I would wager that we actually hold many similar beliefs, however the best way to KNOW your position is to attack it, take it apart, “ask questions,” poke-and-prod it.
Try doing it without resorting to personal insults. You'll get more responses that way.
BTW the use of personal insults or questioning the motives of posters is strictly prohibited in the Religion Forum.
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Marlowe
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
OK, I keep getting pinged here, and have read through the recent discussion and offer this observation, related to the content:
When we see statements like: “God said himself” or “the perfection of God’s word” or statements that God himself wrote the Bible, we’re veering into a non-Christian view and toward the view that God literally dictated or directly wrote the entire Scriptures.
This is true in the Moslem view, but in the Christian view the whole of Scriptures are inspired by not literally written by God. We then have many different translations and interpretations.
An illustration of the difference is the Islamic prohibition against translation of Qu’ran.
It’s an important distinction. Perfection is an attribute of the infinite, of God only, not any book or translation. To mistake the finite for the infinite is the big step toward idolatry.
We may refer to Scripture as “God’s word;” however God’s Word is much larger and not reducible to words.
The meanings and facts we take from Scripture must take this into account if we wish to seek truth.