Can u realy belive that the Bible says earth and everything was done in a couple of hours? Hebrew scolars say that the word "day" found in the first chapter of Genesis can also mean "period of time". If u read Gen 2:4 u will b surprised in finding out that all those days are called ONE day (meaning period of time). Bible is again in harmony with science and fanatics are not. (remember when the church said the sun spins around the earth?)
2006-08-16 05:49:06 · 17 answers · asked by James Blond 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Funny thing, I don't remember the bible saying that the earth and all that is in it was created in only hours. The word translated "day" in Genesis does not necessarily mean a 24 hour period as it does today. What it calls one day could actually refer to hundreds of thousands of years. But hey, God can do anything. He is not limited by time or space.
2006-08-16 05:59:49 · answer #1 · answered by smartee 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Okay, a period of time, meaning what? One hour, 24 hours, a month, a year, a thousand years??? So your thought on a period of time is a couple of hours? Fact: the bible was writings of people that lived in that time, when translated to English it was chopped up and translated very poorly. So, for all we know the period of time or day in which you refer to could be a lot longer than what we conceive it to be....It sounds much more powerful to say "a day" than to say a thousand years, don't you think?
2006-08-16 13:40:51 · answer #2 · answered by celtic925 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good point. I tend to agree with you.
Of course, if you believe God really is all powerful, then you know he could have created the earth in 7 literal days as well. Another thing the Bible never says is that they were CONSECUTIVE days. So, creation of the earth happened one day 5 billion years ago, God planted life on earth 2 billion years later, etc. etc. But, we have to admit that nobody can say with 100% certainty what happened.
2006-08-16 13:12:28 · answer #3 · answered by bwjordan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better question, why is it so hard to believe that an all-powerful being can do a thing like create the world in seven of *His* days? God does not operate on our time but His.
2006-08-16 12:58:32 · answer #4 · answered by JesusFreak 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
OOOOOKKKKKKKAAAAAAYYYYY!!!???? And your point is? I haven't studied that much about how long a day was in the Bible. Does it really matter? Does it really matter if God created the earth in 6 24-hr days or 6 weeks or 6 yrs?
Go create your own universe and see how long it takes.
2006-08-16 12:56:36 · answer #5 · answered by helpme1 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A 'period of time' could also indicate thousands of years -- and actually be in support of evolution. I believe that science and religion can (and should) be melded together. Not only would things be a lot more peaceful -- but I think it would make a lot more sense, LOL.
2006-08-16 12:56:55 · answer #6 · answered by Phoenix's Mommy 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
remember when Job of the old testament said the earth was round. that was a couple thousand years before columbus.
2006-08-16 12:57:24 · answer #7 · answered by Lfeata 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Also, God tells us his time is not like ours. What is years to us, is only the blink of an eye to God. So, it also coincides that the One Day, could have been years and years of our time.
2006-08-16 12:54:50 · answer #8 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
who said a day was 24 hrs or one night and one day we do not know the extent of time that God called a day only what we suppose
2006-08-16 12:56:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yet we do not know how time passed back then so a period of time could have been a couple of years compared to today
you einstein should know all about relativity
2006-08-16 12:55:46 · answer #10 · answered by Solomon Dump 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋