ECT The Genesis account of creation only lasted 6 literal days

[ThreeAngels]

The bible says, "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them." Genesis 1:31, 2:1.
Death, both of man and beast, entered the world as a result of the fall of man. It is therefore inconsistent to believe the bible and at the same time believe that God created the earth through evolutionary processes lasting over long periods of time for this would necessarily require death.

 

[Stripe]

I'm gonna nit pick.

It wasn't six "literal" days. Those are weird things that make conversations confusing.

It was just plain old "six days."

I know Darwinists have all sorts of reasons that make it seem like a good idea to insert the word "literal" everywhere, but responding like that is only conceding ground. Let those morons say stupid things like "it says 'six days,' but it really means 'billions of years.'" :chuckle:

Carry on. :up:

 

[Interplanner]

The title isn't quite exact enough if you think about it. The account has an opening for more at the front end. The creation took six days, but the earth was already there, 'formless and void' (tohu wa-bohu) and that phrase implies other things had already happened, which are only our business to know in that the earth was repaired so that we could live on it.

 

[Nick M]

And the evening and the morning were the first day....so no. IP, wrong as usual.