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Creation Scientists have a world
view for their belief that an intelligent designer (God) created
the universe and all the natural things in it. Some creationist
can be called Biblical Creationist, because they take the first
eleven chapters of the Bible to be real history. The six day
creation, Adam and Eve, the fall of Adam and Eve, Noah's flood.
Biblical Creationist believe that the Bible and Science are in
full affect together.
Day 1: The heavens, the earth, light and darkness.
Day 2: Heaven
Day 3: Dry land, the seas, and vegetation.
Day 4: The sun, the moon and the stars.
Day 5: Living creatures in the water, birds in the air.
Day 6: Land animals and people.
Day 7: God "rested".
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Most Christians have heard the argument that the word "day" in
Genesis does not mean a literal 24 hour type day, but rather
that the "days" represent 6 great ages of time. This is often
referred to as the day-age theory. Many people have wondered
whether this argument is valid. It is true, after all, that the
Hebrew word for day (yowm) can have several different
meanings, depending upon its context. However, it is abundantly
clear that all creation took place during the time period of
six, normal, 24-hour type days.
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The Hebrew word
for day (yowm) can have several different meanings. The
meaning is always clear when read in context. The first
reference to "day" in the creation account is in the context of
a 24 hour cycle of light and dark, "And God called the light
day, and the darkness He call night. And there was evening and
there was morning, one day." When the word "day" is used with a
number, such as day one, day two, etc., it always refers to a
literal, 24 hour type day. This is true 100% of the time. This
holds true all 359 times that "day" is used with an ordinal
modifier (number) outside of Genesis chapter 1. There is no
Biblical indication that "day" is used differently in the
beginning chapter of Genesis than it is throughout the rest of
the book, or the rest of the Old Testament.
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The "days" in
Genesis 1 are always specifically used in connection with the
words "evening and morning." This phrase is used with "day" 38
times in the Old Testament, not counting Genesis chapter 1. Each
time, without exception, the phrase refers to a normal 24 hour
type day. It is also important to note that this phrase is never
used in the Old Testament in a manner which is obviously
metaphoric.
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The
"days" in Genesis 1 cannot possibly refer to "ages", due to the
fact green plants and fruit trees were created before the sun
(Gen.1:11,16). Science of botany proves "day" means day because
plants and trees could not survive without light for
photosynthesis. Science of zoology proves "day" means day,
because many plants, animals, and insects have a symbiotic
relationship. Many species are fertilized by insects in a
mutually beneficial arrangement that supplies food to the
insects while transporting pollen from flower to flower. (Note:
on the first day, when God said, "Let there be light," it was
not sunlight because there would have been no occasion for God
to separate the light from the darkness, as the opacity of the
earth would have done it. Sunlight was created on the fourth
day).
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On this web page you will
learn about different topics and what the different beliefs are.
Everyone needs to be informed of theses different types of
belief and which one is right.
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