To those who believe Bible is not literal...

[chatpilot]

This is why I think that Genesis account of creation was meant to be interpreted as a literal six days fr0d0. In Genesis 1: 8,13,19,23,31
5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Now we know why we have night and day and how it happens; the Earth spinning on its axis takes 24 hours to complete one rotation. One side of the planet is exposed to the sun (day) and at the same time the other half of the planet is facing away from the sun (night). During the telling of the six days of creation it makes sure to emphasize in the text between each day that it was evening and morning. The real reason I believe that some organization within the Christian community allegorized the days of creation was to make up for the fact that science had demonstrated that the Earth was actually 4.6 billion years old as opposed to 7,000 yrs. Others have inserted a gap of undetermined time between Genesis 1:1 and verse 2 to try and make their beliefs stand up to the test of science.