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YEC is the belief that the Earth and universe were created by God a relatively short time ago, perhaps 6000-10000 years ago. It takes a literal view of the six days of creation in Genesis, that each day is a 24 hour period of time, rather than an indeterminate period of time adding up to billions of years.
I wonder how those million year old dinosaur bones got planted all over the place, and who put that wooly mammoth under the glacier ice. Did Superman compress all the plant and animal remains to get the coal and oil made and then put it deep underground?
I have come to understand that the first part of the book of Genesis as basically saying that God created everything. It should be noted that Genesis was written for the Hebrew mindset. We (westerners) are of the Greek mindset. By Greek I mean we follow the Greek way of thinking and looking at the world. We want precise answers, facts, figures order of occurrence and dates, etc.
The Hebrew mindset is primarily interested in concepts, with facts and figures being secondary. What mattered to the Hebrews is that God created the Universe. The order and time of the events were not important to the Hebrew mind.
As I see it you run into problems applying Greek thinking to a Hebrew document. That is why the creation story does not make sense to the scientific mind.
Of course we always must bear in mind that God is not limited to obey the laws of nature. So, if God wanted to create the universe in six, 24 hour days He could.
Just out of curiosity, how long ago do you believe God created the world? 6,000 years? 10,000 years? Got a number?
I honestly don't know. I'd say it's a lot less than a million, or 4 billion, or 14 billion or whatever. I'd have no issue with it being 6k, or 10k, or even 100k. I think it's probably closer to the 10k.
I wonder how those million year old dinosaur bones got planted all over the place, and who put that wooly mammoth under the glacier ice. Did Superman compress all the plant and animal remains to get the coal and oil made and then put it deep underground?
Depending on the dating method, those million year old dinosaur bones appear to be a lot younger.
Depending on the dating method, those million year old dinosaur bones appear to be a lot younger.
Which bones did you evaluate and what method did you use?
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