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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[quote]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.[/quote]
Correct.
[quote]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.[/quote]
Correct. But actually his estimation was premised on the error of the Hebrew word yohm ("day") being exclusively a literal 24 hour period and without there being a gap of indeterminate length in between Genesis 1:1 and the first creative "day."
[quote]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.[/quote]
Correct. Both science and theology are the imperfect estimations of man. They aren't as right nearly as often as they think they are.
@BibleData [quote][c=4C0073][b]The sun was created before the first day.[/b][/c][/quote]
The Sun was not created the first day. Light was created before the sun. In heaven there is no sun because "The Lord will be our light" Isaiah 60:19 therefore sun and light are not necessarily equivalent.
