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Hi all!
A decade ago I was a hard core Young Earth Creationist (YEC). I taught it with zeal at youth group services, evangelism classes, and apologetics seminars. I thought that the main two views of Genesis 1 were the Biblical view (literal), and the non-Biblical view (non-literal). Little did I know, there were around 10 different views on Genesis 1, ranging from Biblical, to semi-Biblical, to “that’s a real stretch”. So a few years ago I took it upon myself to study those views and see if any of them made compelling points. I took my time and tried to remain objective, eating the hay and spitting out the sticks. Although there are certain tenets in YEC that I definitely still hold to, this long journey has led me to embrace some tenets of old earth creationism, though not all. As usual, I landed somewhere in the middle ground! I’ll call it a Young Earth Friendly Old Earth Creationism. I call it Young Earth Friendly because it retains a non-negotiable principle of Young Earth Creationism: A literal interpretation of the 24 hour days. Let me share the ten things I learned about the creation account ...
As a caution: This is not a science based approach, but a hermeneutical based approach ...
A Young Earth Friendly Old Earth Creationism
A decade ago I was a hard core Young Earth Creationist (YEC). I taught it with zeal at youth group services, evangelism classes, and apologetics seminars. I thought that the main two views of Genesis 1 were the Biblical view (literal), and the non-Biblical view (non-literal). Little did I know, there were around 10 different views on Genesis 1, ranging from Biblical, to semi-Biblical, to “that’s a real stretch”. So a few years ago I took it upon myself to study those views and see if any of them made compelling points. I took my time and tried to remain objective, eating the hay and spitting out the sticks. Although there are certain tenets in YEC that I definitely still hold to, this long journey has led me to embrace some tenets of old earth creationism, though not all. As usual, I landed somewhere in the middle ground! I’ll call it a Young Earth Friendly Old Earth Creationism. I call it Young Earth Friendly because it retains a non-negotiable principle of Young Earth Creationism: A literal interpretation of the 24 hour days. Let me share the ten things I learned about the creation account ...
As a caution: This is not a science based approach, but a hermeneutical based approach ...
A Young Earth Friendly Old Earth Creationism