(August 26, 2011 at 1:12 pm)Rhythm Wrote: She was asking you if you believe that Genesis is a scientifically accurate account of creation, and that following the bibles chronology it went down roughly 6k years ago. (an "old earth creationist" being a person who subscribes to the former but not the latter)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_creationism
Specifically;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism
as opposed to;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Earth_creationism
(There of course being many flavors in between.)
I do. I see now "earth creationist" I guess I got confused by "young earth creationist" like I was some kind of hippie or following something new and radical about creation. Wasn't trying to be stupid, I just read stuff about cults in my spare time. Thanks for the links Rhythm.
"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Hebrews 11:6