“The people writing how creation happened in Genesis were writing to people as dumb as a box of rocks...so they used days instead of trying to explain eons an million year time sections.”
I can understand the idea that “day” does not mean exact 24 hour periods or even that it was used to convey billions of years, but the idea it was used because the Israelites were “people as dumb as a box of rocks” makes no sense. Think about it. After “In the beginning” was ANY time reference even needed? It would only be needed for some great purpose, and that great purpose could not be that the Israelites were “people as dumb as a box of rocks”.
[[I can understand the idea that “day†does not mean exact 24 hour periods or even that it was used to convey billions of years,]]
Can’t- the bible talks about no ‘soul death’ before adam and eve- The only way billions of years could go by is IF God supernaturally kept Adam and Eve alive, and there is no evidence in His word that this was the case