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Originally Posted by stretch00
That is not a sign, that is nature.
Nature has evidence to show that a 6 day creation did not happen.
Nature doesn't dictate that a 6-day creation necessarily took 6 literal 24-hour days. In Genesis, the Bible simply defined a "day" as the time in which light shined upon the earth. If the earth was spinning slowly enough, it's possible that each "day" of creation could have lasted millions of what we now consider years.
Nature doesn't dictate that a 6-day creation necessarily took 6 literal 24-hour days. In Genesis, the Bible simply defined a "day" as the time in which light shined upon the earth. If the earth was spinning slowly enough, it's possible that each "day" of creation could have lasted millions of what we now consider years.
On this we definitely agree. 'Day' is such a broad term in the bible. Sometimes it refers to a 24 hour day, sometimes a generation of people ('in the days of those kings'), or an indefinite ammount of time (such as 'the day of the Lord'). The bible says also that a 'day to Jehovah is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day'.
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This is quite possible, but the answer is a paradox; if we were not intellectually capable of complete understanding, there would be no way we could know this.
Not to be pedantic, but this isn't the case. Time began with the Big Bang.
How does the absence of time create time itself? I just don't understand how anyone can think that before the Big Bang existed, there was utter nothingness, and that all that we can observe suddenly "poofed" into existence out of that nothingness, caused by nothing. You seem to profess that we are capable of complete understanding, yet that's not something that even YOU can explain, or are willing to take a stab at.
The evidence of a creator is all around us. You just choose to ignore it.
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On this we definitely agree. 'Day' is such a broad term in the bible. Sometimes it refers to a 24 hour day, sometimes a generation of people ('in the days of those kings'), or an indefinite ammount of time (such as 'the day of the Lord'). The bible says also that a 'day to Jehovah is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day'.
Nature doesn't dictate that a 6-day creation necessarily took 6 literal 24-hour days. In Genesis, the Bible simply defined a "day" as the time in which light shined upon the earth. If the earth was spinning slowly enough, it's possible that each "day" of creation could have lasted millions of what we now consider years.
Doesn't matter if the day is 24 hours, a thousand years, or some other length of time.
It simply did not happen. Light did not exist before stars, man was not created as such, but rather evolved from other species.
Do you have any proof for your thought that the earth's rotation has gotten significantly faster over time?
Someone said earlier that everything is possible. Well, if that's true, then it is possible for something to be impossible. Oh........and WCRob, it appears we are on the same page.
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Doesn't matter if the day is 24 hours, a thousand years, or some other length of time.
It simply did not happen. Light did not exist before stars, man was not created as such, but rather evolved from other species.
Such is your opinion, and you're entitled to it.
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Do you have any proof for your thought that the earth's rotation has gotten significantly faster over time?
My response is a hypothesis, which by definition is "a concept that is not yet verified, but which, if true, could explain certain facts or phenomena." Note that I used the words "if", and "it's possible". I didn't assert it as a fact. Not to mention, how am I supposed to prove my thoughts? That's a pretty bizarre statement.
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Someone said earlier that everything is possible. Well, if that's true, then it is possible for something to be impossible. Oh........and WCRob, it appears we are on the same page.
Thank you. Why is it that the simplest logic confounds them?
Such is your opinion, and you're not entitled to it.
That is a bit testy. Everybody is entitled to an opinion. But I am not stating opinion, I am relating scientific fact. You may choose to ignore that, but it does not change the actual fact.
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My response is a hypothesis, which by definition is "a concept that is not yet verified, but which, if true, could explain certain facts or phenomena." Note that I used the words "if", and "it's possible". I didn't assert it as a fact. Not to mention, how am I supposed to prove my thoughts? That's a pretty bizarre statement.
No, sorry. Your thought does not qualify as a hypothesis, because it does not actually explain any "facts or phenomena."
Rather you are proposing something to try and fit a preconceived notion, namely that of a literal 6 day (of some length) creation.
Science can only guess about the order things came into existence and the length of time between...after all, they were'n't there. And their resources are admittedly flawed. God is perfect. I trust what he says.
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I'm glad. See, there's common ground somewhere. 
Why is it that the simplest logic confounds them? 
