Why is earth's AGE important to you?

Platte said:

The Bible says creation took 6 days.

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Actually, I do agree that is what a day means in Genesis chapter one. Yowm means a singular 24-hour day. Other than Moses telling us that a day is 1,000 years. There is nothing to indicate that yom is anything other than 24 hours. Even then the word Moses uses in Psalm 90 is kə·yō·wm. Not Yowm that we see in Genesis one. No where in the Bible does Yowm mean anything other than a literal 24 hour day.

The word Created in verse one is ONLY used 5 times in the Bible. God created Heaven and Earth and God created man. Everything else the Bible uses the word made and not created.

The church I attend is GAP for whatever that is worth. Because GAP accepts that a day is a literal 24 day. The Scofield Reference Bible supports GAP.

There is not much to the theory though because they do not want to study Science. They want to devote their time to study and learn the Bible. My study of Science is to confirm that the Bible is accurate and true.

Diamond72 said:

Actually, I do agree that is what a day means in Genesis chapter one. Yowm means a singular 24-hour day. Other than Moses telling us that a day is 1,000 years.

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Moses never tells us a day is 1,000 years. Thats a mistatement.

Diamond72 said:

There is nothing to indicate that yom is anything other than 24 hours. Even then the word Moses uses in Psalm 90 is kə·yō·wm. Not Yowm that we see in Genesis one. No where in the Bible does Yowm mean anything other than a literal 24 hour day.

The word Created in verse one is ONLY used 5 times in the Bible. God created Heaven and Earth and God created man. Everything else the Bible uses the word made and not created.

The church I attend is GAP for whatever that is worth. Because GAP accepts that a day is a literal 24 day. The Scofield Reference Bible supports GAP.

There is not much to the theory though because they do not want to study Science. They want to devote their time to study and learn the Bible. My study of Science is to confirm that the Bible is accurate and true.

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Created and Made are used interchangeably. Not necessary to read something into that. The Bible is not a cryptic History lesson - its straight forward.

v26. And God said, Let us make man in our image
v27. So God created man in his own image

If science told you the Earth was created 6000 years ago....you'd have no problem reading Genesis 1 & 2 and accepting them exactly as they are written.

Platte said:

Moses never tells us a day is 1,000 years. Thats a mistatement.

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Psalm 90:4 "A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night."

You are telling on yourself again. There are no "mistatement" in the Bible. The whole Bible is the word of God. IF we read Moses, he used plain language. Not riddles and mysteries like the others. Numbers 12:6-8 (NIV): "When there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams. But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house. With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the Lord."

kə·yō·wm is the word we are talking about. The Hebrew term "kə·yō·wm" (כְּיוֹם) translates to "like a day" or "as a day" in English. It's a combination of the preposition "כְּ" (ke), meaning "like" or "as," and the noun "יוֹם" (yom), meaning "day." This phrase is often used to draw comparisons or analogies involving time.

A day is like 1,000 years and 1,000 years is like one billion years. This is HOW you get science to line up with the Bible. If you do not want to find the common ground then NONE of this is going to matter to you.

They both add up to 13,000. 7000 years in Genesis one plus the 6000 years from Adam until the year 2029. This is how you get science to agree with the Bible. The kingdom age is the seventh day from Adam. The third day from Jesus. You can do a search to see what the Bible says about the third day and the seventh day. Remember Jesus was raised up on the third day.

Platte said:

Created and Made are used interchangeably.

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Not at all, they are two different words in Hebrew and have totally different meanings. Every word in Genesis one has very profound meaning. All of creation is condensed down to 32 verses. Even the very first word: "Beginning" everything in the Bible defines what the word Beginning means.

If you read the Book of Job God asks some serious questions. "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand" (Job 38:4). This question emphasizes God's role as the Creator and the limited perspective of humans. Can you answer the question God asks? Where were you in the beginning of the Earth?

Are you ready? Can you answer the question God asks Job? It took me well over 50 years to read and study and to learn just to begin to be ready to answer those questions. I began my study of Science and History in 1968. That was the year the very first book came out on DNA.

Diamond72 said:

Psalm 90:4 "A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night."

You are telling on yourself again. There are no "mistatement" in the Bible. The whole Bible is the word of God. IF we read Moses, he used plain language. Not riddles and mysteries like the others. Numbers 12:6-8 (NIV): "When there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams. But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house. With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the Lord."

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Saying something is "like" something is not the same as saying it is that thing. So misleading. Get your son to help you if you don't understand that logic.

Diamond72 said:

kə·yō·wm is the word we are talking about. The Hebrew term "kə·yō·wm" (כְּיוֹם) translates to "like a day" or "as a day" in English. It's a combination of the preposition "כְּ" (ke), meaning "like" or "as," and the noun "יוֹם" (yom), meaning "day." This phrase is often used to draw comparisons or analogies involving time.

A day is like 1,000 years and 1,000 years is like one billion years. This is HOW you get science to line up with the Bible. If you do not want to find the common ground then NONE of this is going to matter to you.

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smh....a day is like 1,000 years and a 1,000 years is like a day....God knows what a day is just like you and I know....

If Creation was billions of years ago Genesis would say so....You are still not looking outside the box...

Start with Adam - he was created/made as a man - he was not in the womb. I'm not saying you have to believe that - but understand that is what the Bible is literally saying...That is the message being said. Read Genesis to a 10 year old and that is what they will get from your reading of Genesis 1.

Diamond72 said:

They both add up to 13,000. 7000 years in Genesis one plus the 6000 years from Adam until the year 2029. This is how you get science to agree with the Bible. The kingdom age is the seventh day from Adam. The third day from Jesus. You can do a search to see what the Bible says about the third day and the seventh day. Remember Jesus was raised up on the third day.

Not at all, they are two different words in Hebrew and have totally different meanings. Every word in Genesis one has very profound meaning. All of creation is condensed down to 32 verses. Even the very first word: "Beginning" everything in the Bible defines what the word Beginning means.

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I gave you the scripture....both words used interchangeably.

Diamond72 said:

If you read the Book of Job God asks some serious questions. "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand" (Job 38:4). This question emphasizes God's role as the Creator and the limited perspective of humans. Can you answer the question God asks? Where were you in the beginning of the Earth?

Are you ready? Can you answer the question God asks Job? It took me well over 50 years to read and study and to learn just to begin to be ready to answer those questions. I began my study of Science and History in 1968. That was the year the very first book came out on DNA.

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And boy are you wrong in your conclusions...Time to get it right....start with Adam - he was created as a man....not born in the womb...
Trees were created as trees...they weren't planted and wait to grow.


Start with the basics - you are all over the place and wrong...first understand what the Bible is saying...then move to Science to help explain it.
The Bible means zero if it can be changed to whatever you think it says...understand what its saying first. Then you can have a discussion on if what it is saying makes sense. I've been studying the Bible since the 1970s I'm not far behind you....but I have some advantages.

Platte said:

Get your son to help you if you don't understand that logic.

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My son graduated magno cum laude in computer engineering. He does not have time to play with nonsense like this. In fact I told him not to talk to the people who wanted to argue about science. Just do your work and ignore them.

Platte said:

he was created as a man....not born in the womb...

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That is obsurd. Adam was born into this world like everyone else and the DNA evidence proves that. God is not a trickster. He does not try to trick us into believing things that are not true. You have lots of theories and that is fine. But you fail to prove any of them true and the evidence does not support your beliefs. We need more than opinions, we need something with substance where you can offer evidence. Nothing you present can be validated.

If I go to a doctor and he wants to operate on me, he better have better evidence than you have before I am going to let him do his procedure on me. He better have evidence to back up what he is saying it true. You have zip, zero nothing to back up your opinions.

My dad did a fair amount of surgery. They can not heal the body but they can cut the disease out so the body can heal itself. People have a lot of confidence in Science and what Doctors can do. At least before Bill Gates came along with all of his scams to steal peoples money. Maybe your happy about that because it proves your point that it is all about the money and science can not be trusted.