| Re: Creation
@Scourge
1. This was before the time of Peleg when the world was one continent.
2. If you check the animal kingdom in early times you will find that most of our animals had common ancestors. ie. there were a lot less animals to collect.
3. Adam was supposed to be "perfect" physically. Biblically the lifespan of "man" was the longest with him and then shortened with each generation. Kind of an entropy thing.
Well, I have been gone for a bit so I am coming in late but I am a firm Creationist.
To explain, the 1day=1thousand years isn't just something the Catholic church made up. There are some other sources and it is something my church believes as well. Think of it this way. 1 day is the rotation of the world around the sun. Now all that means is that wherever the "angels" reside the planet has a longer rotation, 1 thousand of our years. So if we see the world created in 6 thousand years is that really such a short time?
Not if you consider the meaning of the word translated as "create" in the Bible. A better translation would be "organize" or to create by the use of materials at hand, like building a desk. It doesn't come out of nothing. You have to have wood, glue, equipment, nails, paint, etc. So if you apply that to the creation of the world it means that God (the gods actually/angels) took the materials already at hand and manipulated it to create a world that would support man and the environment s/he needed.
Now if you consider that livestock breeders can create a new breed within 10 years of selective breeding and the considerable advances already available to us with genetic research I find no trouble believing that God could Terra form a world and place genetically created/bred animals and plants on it in a mere 6 thousand years. In fact I commend his patience. Talk about a long term project. |