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Dr. Deleto · 11-21-2003, 01:15 AM

Think about this for a minute.

some parts of the bible and science both stand out to me whenever I start thinking about creation and the arguments against the timeframe.

There is a part in the bible that states that 1 of God's days is like that of 1000 years on earth. That alone stands out to me as 7,000 years. We also can easily assume that this part of the bible MUST have been either written by god himself and handed down to man, or was told to man by god, since after all he was the only one around during the creation process.

To examine the question further I delved into some science books to find out a commonly agreed upon time frame for the earth's first years. Lets say that God's creation started when the earth formed into a solid mass and began it's normal rotations around the sun. Some scientists believe that primitive life, some of which could have led up to modern day man, could have formed as early as 5,000 years after the earth's initial formation. These same scientists also believe the earth cooled at a rapid rate after the initial creation, and that small bodies of water and tectonic plates could have been in place only 2,000 years after creation. Seems to fit the bible timeline so far.

Stick with me here. In the bible all it says about man's first form was that he was created in the image of God. It doesnt clarify what that image was at all. We tend to think of God as a human as we are today, but who knows what this image really was. Also it only says he created the plants and animals, no other reference to form for them either. So all in all God could have just formed the earth and made a shitload of cell level organisms to inhabit it.

Once again I'm just stating a possibility that I have conjured up over the last few years of pondering such questions.

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Dr. Deleto is Offline Senior Member Posts: 1,469 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: At the bar	11-21-2003, 01:15 AM Think about this for a minute. some parts of the bible and science both stand out to me whenever I start thinking about creation and the arguments against the timeframe. There is a part in the bible that states that 1 of God's days is like that of 1000 years on earth. That alone stands out to me as 7,000 years. We also can easily assume that this part of the bible MUST have been either written by god himself and handed down to man, or was told to man by god, since after all he was the only one around during the creation process. To examine the question further I delved into some science books to find out a commonly agreed upon time frame for the earth's first years. Lets say that God's creation started when the earth formed into a solid mass and began it's normal rotations around the sun. Some scientists believe that primitive life, some of which could have led up to modern day man, could have formed as early as 5,000 years after the earth's initial formation. These same scientists also believe the earth cooled at a rapid rate after the initial creation, and that small bodies of water and tectonic plates could have been in place only 2,000 years after creation. Seems to fit the bible timeline so far. Stick with me here. In the bible all it says about man's first form was that he was created in the image of God. It doesnt clarify what that image was at all. We tend to think of God as a human as we are today, but who knows what this image really was. Also it only says he created the plants and animals, no other reference to form for them either. So all in all God could have just formed the earth and made a shitload of cell level organisms to inhabit it. Once again I'm just stating a possibility that I have conjured up over the last few years of pondering such questions.