Quote: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.
I don't see that ANY of this matters. Creationists, whether young Earth or old Earth are uniformly united by their rejection of science. The universe is close to 14 billion years old because the evidence points that way, and it is the only explanation that fits with the observed facts. The universe is NOT 14 billion years old because linguists can't agree on a definition of 'yom'.
Creationists of all stripes reject biological evolution - this is what makes them creationists in the first place. They complacently, fatuously ignore (literally) mountains of evidence that all life on this planet had a common ancestor, and that biological diversity is the result of descent with modification.
A YEC says the Earth is less than 10 000 years old, and that God created this planet in essentially the form we see around us. An OEC says the Earth is 4.54 billion years old and that God created this planet in essentially the form we see around us. Wrong is wrong, and spatting over the meaning of a Hebrew word changes nothing.
This is the 21st century, for fuck's sake. There is no excuse - none - for this kind of deliberate, willful ignorance.
Boru
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