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Hello!
I'm trying to figure out where I stand on the creation debate between YEC and OEC.
I see both sides and I think they both make good points.
I believe the days of creation to be literal 24 hour periods as each day contains an ordinal number, which in ancient Hebrew, always mean a literal day. At least, that is the YEC argument, and I'm sure an Old Earther could find a way to counter that claim.
I'm not opposed to the idea of an old earth, and there certainly could be gaps in the geneaologies in Genesis, but I have read that the largest gap is in the NT by 300 years, Idk how accurate that claim is, but if that is the case, the other gaps can't be longer.
The extent of the flood is another thing I see both sides on and I don't think it really matters whether it was local or global as long as it teaches that all life not on the ark (except aquatic animals) were wiped out.
I depart from the traditional YEC views on my acceptance to the possibility of an ancient earth (like I stated previously), and I accept that there could have been death before the fall.
Idk if Adam and Eve could physically die, but humans are above animal and we are special to God. Jesus died to save all of mankind. So I don't see animal death as incompatible to the pre-Fall world. It seems that death here indicates a spiritual death.
Some things that keep me from labeling myself as OEC is the argument that God cannot deceive, therefore the world is millions or billions of years old. The only issue I have with this are the records of miracles in the Bible that science says shouldn't be able to happen, like Jesus feeding the 5,000, walking on walter, or being resurrected.
Also, if God cannot deceive, was Adam created as an infant? The text seems to imply that he was physically an adult when he was created when he was just a day old (created on the sixth day), it seems that he never got to experience childhood.
I don't mean to sound confrontational to either side, I am just trying to hear both sides on certain issues.
I'm trying to figure out where I stand on the creation debate between YEC and OEC.
I see both sides and I think they both make good points.
I believe the days of creation to be literal 24 hour periods as each day contains an ordinal number, which in ancient Hebrew, always mean a literal day. At least, that is the YEC argument, and I'm sure an Old Earther could find a way to counter that claim.
I'm not opposed to the idea of an old earth, and there certainly could be gaps in the geneaologies in Genesis, but I have read that the largest gap is in the NT by 300 years, Idk how accurate that claim is, but if that is the case, the other gaps can't be longer.
The extent of the flood is another thing I see both sides on and I don't think it really matters whether it was local or global as long as it teaches that all life not on the ark (except aquatic animals) were wiped out.
I depart from the traditional YEC views on my acceptance to the possibility of an ancient earth (like I stated previously), and I accept that there could have been death before the fall.
Idk if Adam and Eve could physically die, but humans are above animal and we are special to God. Jesus died to save all of mankind. So I don't see animal death as incompatible to the pre-Fall world. It seems that death here indicates a spiritual death.
Some things that keep me from labeling myself as OEC is the argument that God cannot deceive, therefore the world is millions or billions of years old. The only issue I have with this are the records of miracles in the Bible that science says shouldn't be able to happen, like Jesus feeding the 5,000, walking on walter, or being resurrected.
Also, if God cannot deceive, was Adam created as an infant? The text seems to imply that he was physically an adult when he was created when he was just a day old (created on the sixth day), it seems that he never got to experience childhood.
I don't mean to sound confrontational to either side, I am just trying to hear both sides on certain issues.