I've actually read and participated in discussions on this subject with Christians in the past. One of the more popular explanations is that a "day" is measured differently, to the point that since God is a god, 1 day equals roughly 100 years.
Another argument I've seen is that the "day" is not a literal meaning of time, but to define a "segment" of what God did during that "time span" or "moment."
For example, the first "day" was him summoning light.
One other argument is that God sees the passage of time faster than us... in the same category as my first statement.
What I want to know is... How exactly do Creationists and Fundamentalist Christians argue that "God is outside of time and space, and can't be measured, observed, etc" (a topic I could go into by itself, but sticking on point) but at the same time... Place God in our universe in the very bible they preach from, and also... apply concepts such as "time" to him as well?
What i mean is, how exactly is an immortal God, who is immune to the effects of time, and is suppose to be outside of time... able to be measured by time?
This makes no sense. Even if it's "relative time" from God's perspective... technically God is the beginning and the end, and time has already passed by in his eyes... So how exactly would he keep track or measure a time period that would seem like a memory, or future event that hasn't happened yet, and both at the same time, and be in constant phase or be aware of how "long" it took him to do something. Everything would be instantaneous as if it already happened.
Another argument I've seen is that the "day" is not a literal meaning of time, but to define a "segment" of what God did during that "time span" or "moment."
For example, the first "day" was him summoning light.
One other argument is that God sees the passage of time faster than us... in the same category as my first statement.
What I want to know is... How exactly do Creationists and Fundamentalist Christians argue that "God is outside of time and space, and can't be measured, observed, etc" (a topic I could go into by itself, but sticking on point) but at the same time... Place God in our universe in the very bible they preach from, and also... apply concepts such as "time" to him as well?
What i mean is, how exactly is an immortal God, who is immune to the effects of time, and is suppose to be outside of time... able to be measured by time?
This makes no sense. Even if it's "relative time" from God's perspective... technically God is the beginning and the end, and time has already passed by in his eyes... So how exactly would he keep track or measure a time period that would seem like a memory, or future event that hasn't happened yet, and both at the same time, and be in constant phase or be aware of how "long" it took him to do something. Everything would be instantaneous as if it already happened.
I like the way you think!
...But please stop thinking, it's not you.
...But please stop thinking, it's not you.
