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Even though I don't agree with the young earth position, I like this response, because it really highlights the dilemma that Christians are largely in today.
In one hand, physical reality seems quite clear that the earth is ancient. But in the other hand, if scripture isn't taken literally, then what does that mean about key aspects of the Christian walk? If sin didn't enter through one man as described in Romans 5:15, then what does it mean for the second part of the verse that refers to the gift that came by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ?
In instances where Paul, or even Jesus himself spoke of Adam and Eve, could Jesus Himself have believed that Adam was a literal man? And if so, was Jesus mistaken? Or did Jesus simply tell the apostles what they needed hear in light of a complex world that they couldn't possibly have fathomed at the time?
If Jesus' true being were revealed to mankind, I'm not sure that mankind could have fathomed Him. Maybe mankind was not yet ready to handle the full truth when the living Word was originally revealed.
Look at the technological advances man has had in the last 6,000 years. To me this doesn’t suggest that man as we appear today has been on earth for 300,000 years. This would mean that man had zero technological advancements in 294,000 years, that’s 98% of man’s existence, then all the sudden an explosion of technologies in the last 2%.
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