RE: Two scenarios that may/may not happen.
October 31, 2017 at 10:53 pm
(This post was last modified: October 31, 2017 at 10:59 pm by Huggy Bear.)
(October 31, 2017 at 5:31 pm)Succubus Wrote:(October 31, 2017 at 12:24 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: ...1. Show in the Bible where it states the earth is 6000 years old...It doesn't. So why do bible literalists believe it is?
Misinterpretation.
Genesis 1:1 states:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
This is simply stating that God created the universe and the earth PERIOD. There is no mention of how long it took...
The 7 day period only relates to God making the earth habitable and seeding it with life, so In order to interpret the earth as being 6000 years old, you'd have to believe the bible is speaking of that 7 day period as literally 7 days (which is most likely why you referred to them as literalists), except the Bible makes it clear that God measures time differently than we do (which makes sense because time is relative).
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. - Psalm 90:4
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. - 2 Peter 3:8
So without taking anything else into account and going by just the numbers of the bible it's at THE LEAST 13,000 years from the beginning of the 7 day period till now.
This means Adam was hanging around for what could've been just under 2000 years before the 7 day period was over, seeing how he was created sometime during the 6th day (keep in mind this is a thousand year period) and Eve wasn't formed time sometime AFTER the seventh day.
What we DON'T KNOW is:
1. How long was Adam hanging out by himself when God decided to create Eve.
2. How long Adam and Eve were together before the fall.
