Creationists, how literal is your interprettation of the Bible. Are all the major things true to you?

Question

How old does the Bible say the Earth is? Do you believe it?
Can you explain what fossils are and how they couldn't point towards Evolution?
What about the Great Flood?

Answer 1

I believe the word of God is perfect and believe every word...
If you take the time roughly between the age of Adam to flood,From Babylon till Rome, to Jesus death to now from 6000 to 10000 years old.
How could fossils exist without a great flood?
Their are fossil everwhere.
A great flood would explain why their are many differnet continents instead of one. It would explain alot of things which i will not say now...

Answer 2

I don't see anywhere in the bible where it says how old the earth is. Quite frankly, the 7 "days" it took to create the world could be interpreted as almost any length of time. A "day" could be an eon. If you believe in God, then you accept that time means nothing to Him. Therefore, several million years would be nothing at all. I think the bible is merely an interpretation that people of that age would understand. As you know, Jesus spoke in parables all the time. In any event, if the theory of evolution is correct, then I believe it was God's intelligent design that made it so. I have no trouble seeing how the two tie together. I think some people take the bible way too literally. As for the Great Flood, there is scientific evidence to suggest that a flood did occur, and further, that the ark did exist. The flood did not cover the entire earth, but quite possibly it did cover the entire KNOWN earth at that time. Again, some people are too literal. They like to argue the bible like some lawyers like to argue the law. This bickering makes some forget what (I believe) the bible is actually about - a GUIDE for life. Some forget to take their noses out of the bible from time to time and get out in the world and LIVE according to the values they were taught. I mean no offense to anyone. The bible is the greatest book ever written, but it should not replace PRACTICING your faith.

Answer 3

You know what? The bible really doesn't say anything about the age of the earth. The idea of a very young earth dates back to a 16th century Bishop named Usher who attempted to trace the generations listed in the bible back to creation and ended up claiming that the earth was created in the year 4004 B.C. It's an outrageous claim because we don't have all the ages of the ancient prophets at the time of their deaths. Eventually, he came up with a specific day and time for the creation. Interesting, that, because we traditionally measure time with regard to the position of the earth relative to the sun, moon and stars. How can a 16th century bishop measure time prior to the creation of the sun, moon and stars on the fourth "day"?

There is also the problem that the hebrew text quite clearly describes two separate creation sequences. This is concealed in some translations, but it is definitely there.

The great flood is the usual "explanation" for the existence of marine fossils on land and in high mountains. Of course, this utterly ignores well known geological processes. The great flood, being a global flood, presents obvious problems. One would expect to find a uniform, worldwide sedementary layer that has yet to be discovered. Given that this layer can only be about 5000 years old, the failure to find it immediately is a dead giveaway that the flood story is a myth. Given also that the flood story can be found in ancient Assyrian texts that vastly predate the bible, and that the biblical version itself was written during the Babylonian captivity, it would seem plain that the story is a retelling of a very ancient mesopotamian legend to which the Jews were exposed during the exile. I suppose that one could reasonably surmise that the story may refer to a more localized flood in the region.

The Jews have a traditional answer to all of this. They would say that the first parts of Genesis are intended to explain some things about man's relationship to God rather than to relate historical fact.

My own opinion is that this is a very mature outlook from a theological standpoint and is likely correct. After all, it's their book. They should know. Your average creationist is a theologically immature fundi protestant who may be relying on a bible that was translated by a Scotsman.

Answer 4

i think you need to be stunning hypothetically, yet no longer just about. the only reason the Biblical account of creation has been marginalized is using evolution. you realize that there are extra beneficial-biblical components that record Noah's grand-young infants as their ancestors, stunning? It grew to become into properly commonplace historic previous that God created the earth no longer too extraordinarily earlier. the only reason human beings began to doubt it grew to become into because of the fact some claimed it grew to become into unreliable. If immediately you found out those human beings have been incorrect, it would inevitably be the main smart clarification of the place we got here from. And, might I upload, you would be in particularly a predicament in figuring out what to do with the inescapable end. yet for now, have exciting preserving your fantasy that any and all clarification is "way lots extra in all probability" than there being a private author.

Answer 5

The earth was created 6,000 years ago. The oldest living human being was Adam, accept it, its the truth. You have to admit that the Earth took 6 days becayse if you took a look at the foosil rekord I think a large majirity of scintsts agree

Answer 6

I do belive what the bible said it was inspired by God, and if u read the bible tha things that it said there were ganna happend they are coming true, so i do believe what the bible said.

Answer 7

roflmao.. most scientists agree that the earth was created in 6 days?? roflroflrofl
Someone call a press conference.. the scientific world simply MUST be informed!

Answer 8

Yes. Does not indicate age of planet. Yes. Skeletal remains of long dead creatures that roamed the Earth.

Does not indicate man can from monkeys.

Answer 9

there are no minor things in the Bible,

Answer 10

How about Geocentrism? That too