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Many ...believe in evolution for the simple reason that they think science has proven it to be a `fact' and, therefore, it must be accepted... In recent years, a great many people...having finally been persuaded to make a real examination of the problem of evolution, have become convinced of its fallacy and are now convinced anti-evolutionists."

-- Henry Morris, former evolutionist.

 

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". [11.]

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. [10.]

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. [10.]

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. [10.]

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). [10.]

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