The Tower of Babel

[Huggy Bear]

Huggy, do you take day's in the bible to mean literal days ?

In the bible we have Adam's age (when he dies), then a list of descendants from that point from a biblical perspective (taking a day as a thousand years) we can work out that that the earth is no more than around 12,000 years old.

If the word 'day' means an undefined amount of time, then why have them at all ?

It is true that there is no timespan given for the earth itself, some interpretations of genesis have the Lord almost stumbling across a watery planet and deciding to create, but that does not fit in with the stars and light being later created.  Lets face it, to use the bible as any reliable textbook on how the earth came to be just is not compatible with any science we know.

Time is relative, if you lived on another planet you'd measure a day differently. Likewise God measures time differently than we do, and the bible is clear about this.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. - Psalms 90:4

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. - 2 Peter 3:8

Barring all that, the Bible starts with

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. - Genesis 1:1

God created the universe and the Earth FULL-STOP!

It does not say how long it took to make the earth.

Also we don't know how much time has elapsed between the creation of the earth and the first day.