The Bible as science

Since God compares 6 days in Exodus, which were 24 hour days, to the 6 days of creation, it follows that the 6 days in creation were the same amount of time.

NET Bible footnote

 

If metaphor or hyperbole are used, one can usually discern that from the context. The context of Gen. 1 does not give indication for that.

 

Right, which only affirms the Gen 1 account as being 6 literal 24 hour days if one translates it the way NET Bible editors say is an option:

 

Where do we get our year from? The Earth circling the Sun. Where do we get the month from? The moon circiling the Earth. Where do we get 24 hours from? The Earth's rotation. Where do we get the week from? Genesis is the answer.

 

So are you saying that before the flood that the days were the same length as today after the flood?

 

I voted extremely important. If pressed I fall on the side of six literal 24 hour days. But I am not completely dogmatic about the first three days.

Gen 1:14 Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;

It seems clear that from that point forward each day has been a 24 hour day. I don't know if it is quite as clear that prior to that point is was so.

 

I believe every word of the bible to be the true word of God. It doesn't matter, scientific,historic or whatever the statement, I believe every word.

 

To me it is critical that the Bible be accurate on matters of science (and history among other things). If the Bible teaches that the earth is flat for example, we know that is not the case. So in a case like that how or why would we trust the Bible to be accurate on spiritual matters?

 

I'm saying, God knew what He was talking about, but we let 'science' tell us God's word isn't good enough for us.

 

:applause:

 

God created the world and all the scientific laws by which it operates. So His word is not going to contradict science, thought it might be that some people make mistaken interpretations about science and think there is conflict.

 

At this point one must be forced to shift to rely on their personal experience to give them faith. They must rely on how they feel about parts of scripture and whether they can know it is of God. Contrary to scripture of course.

 

I believe they were days as we know them. Just because the Bible tells us that 1,000 years is the same to God as one day doesn't mean that those "days" were each 1,000 years long. Those who can't seem to accept that God was perfectly capable of creating EVERYTHING in just six 24 hour days believe it was a LOT longer than that.

After each day's creation, we read, "And the morning and the evening---." I don't believe God needed to take six days to create everything; He just chose to take six days. He also didn't need to "rest" after the creation. Does God get tired? It simply means He stopped creating--at least at that time. Personally, I believe He is still creating great sights for His pleasure that mankind will never see while we're in this limited body.

 

I believe it is nothing less than heresy to say God didn't mean 6-24 hour days leterally! Unbelief gets fired up when you compromise the truth.

 

How in the world did this turn into a creation thread?

that's a head scratcher...

 

Crabby, what you are doing is called quibbling.