Something for Young Earth Creationists to consider:
Nowhere in the Bible is the age of the Earth mentioned. Not 6,000 years, not 10,000 years. There's is no mention at all. That young age comes from a MAN; A fallible, mortal man called Bishop Usher who did what he reckoned were some good calculations to get it.
So when you're saying that science like evolution, geology or physics cannot disprove God's word...remember that the age of the earth is NOT God's word. It's MAN's word.
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You are of course quite right. Interesting that the Genesis account is the only account to get everything in the right order (see Genesis Enigma - Andrew Parker) even though it is not a ‘scientific’ account in today’s term. John Calvin himself had a problem with the ‘days’ in his commentary. The whole thing of course is not describing someone with a Video but describing the purpose for which God created the word, written in. a Hewish form,
