(February 17, 2014 at 1:03 pm)Manowar Wrote: I just saw "Questioning Darwin" on HBO pretty much what I expected except for one thing. They said 46 % of people believe the creation story. This can't be true, aren't we living in the 21 century? I would like some Christians on this forum to please explain to me ( if they do believe in the creation story) how they can ignore evidence like a very old Earth, or how they can just dismiss evolution without really knowing what it is.
I thought, foolishly the numbers would be like 10% believe in the creation story not 46%. WTF
manowar
Not all people who believe the the biblical story of creation believe in a young earth. Much controversy revolves around the use of the Hebrew word "yom" in the creation account. The Hebrew language had many fewer words than modern day languages and words had multiple meanings. Yom has several meanings, one of which was a 24-hour day. Some other meanings were a point of time or a general vague time, and some others definitions. If yom here means a general vague time, it would allow for an old earth interpretation. Although many creationists do believe in a young earth, many also believe in an old earth.
