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Young Earth or Old Earth?
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Shlama all,

Way to go,Ryan! You are certainly well read on the subject; that's great to see.

It seems that the day-age theory is at the bottom of the Christian old earth argument for most. For others, it is the Gap Theory (a large gap in time between Genesis 1:1 and verse 2).

I have a challenge for our brother Chuck (Thirdwoe) who refers to both theories. Chuck, You wrote:
Quote:And lets not forget what is said in the Scriptures about one day with God is as a Thousand years and a Thousand years is as one day...could that give us a clue...

You see.... It does not say just how long a time passed "In the beginning" before God said: Let there be...
It could have been a very long time indeed.

FInd a place in scripture outside of Genesis chapter one in which a day which is numbered ("first day"-"day one", "day two", "day three", etc.) is anything but a 24 hour day. FInd also a day with an "evening and morning" in scripture which is not a 24 hour day.

Another point: You say a long time could have passed between "In the beginning" and when God said, "Let there be..."
What beginning is referred to in v.1? V.1 says, "In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth." How can a long time elapse before the universe begins, especially considering that time is as much an essential part of the created universe as space and matter? But if there was a universe before "God said, Let there be...", from whence and how did it come? But if God created in the beginning, then He did not create "after a long time indeed" had elapsed, else it was not "In the beginning", was it?

Many blessings,

Dave
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Young Earth or Old Earth? - by rungold315 - 03-19-2008, 04:56 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by *Albion* - 03-19-2008, 05:31 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 03-19-2008, 05:40 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by rungold315 - 03-20-2008, 12:02 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 03-20-2008, 05:31 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 03-20-2008, 05:47 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Amatsyah - 03-20-2008, 12:09 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 03-20-2008, 06:09 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 03-21-2008, 06:02 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 03-21-2008, 06:29 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 03-21-2008, 11:46 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 03-22-2008, 01:39 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 03-22-2008, 06:57 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 03-23-2008, 02:57 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 03-23-2008, 03:31 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by SP Silver - 03-23-2008, 09:22 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 03-23-2008, 03:42 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 03-27-2008, 07:44 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 03-28-2008, 03:15 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 03-29-2008, 12:30 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 03-29-2008, 04:12 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 03-29-2008, 03:10 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 03-29-2008, 08:09 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 03-31-2008, 04:45 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 04-01-2008, 02:27 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 04-01-2008, 07:02 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 04-02-2008, 12:56 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 04-02-2008, 11:29 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 04-03-2008, 01:46 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 04-03-2008, 03:16 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by Thirdwoe - 04-03-2008, 05:18 AM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by rungold315 - 04-03-2008, 04:51 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 04-05-2008, 06:11 PM
Re: Young Earth or Old Earth? - by gbausc - 04-05-2008, 07:06 PM

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