Creation on the 6th Day

[Chris H]

I don't believe that the first 11 chapters of Genesis are literal-the naming of the animals is only one of about 50 problems. You might also check out a reasonable date for the tower of Babel according to scripture and then note the written history of the Greeks, Chinese, Indians, Egytians, etc. predates that.

Chris

 

[JohnR7]

Originally posted by Job_38
Between verse one and verse two, how much time passed?

It depends on the age you assign to the earth. What ever age, day one is half of that. Then day two is half the length of day one, and so on.

So if you assign day one an age of say 6 billion years, then day two would be 3 billion years, day three would be 1.5 billion years and so on.

http://www.windowview.org/science/schrdr/bigbang.gs.html

 

[sulphur]

Then don't post in the science thread unless you are able to defend your ideas

 

[JohnR7]

Originally posted by sulphur
Then don't post in the science thread unless you are able to defend your ideas

Who are you talking to? It helps if you put a bit of a quote from the post your responding to, so we can know who you are addressing.

 

[sulphur]

It can't be you R7

 

[Sinai]

Originally posted by Job_38:
Between verse one and verse two, how much time passed?

Originally posted by JohnR7:
It depends on the age you assign to the earth. What ever age, day one is half of that. Then day two is half the length of day one, and so on.

So if you assign day one an age of say 6 billion years, then day two would be 3 billion years, day three would be 1.5 billion years and so on.

http://www.windowview.org/science/schrdr/bigbang.gs.html

Don't you mean "universe" instead of "earth"?

Since you include a link to Dr. Gerald L. Schroeder, it might be noted that his formula for showing how the age of the universe generally accepted by mainstream scientists (14-17 billion earth years measured backward toward the beginning of time) is consistent with six consecutive 24-hour periods of time measured at the speed of outward thrust from the approximate moment of the big bang is not predicated upon whatever age one may assign to the universe (or earth, for that matter).

Rather, he used Einstein's theory of relativity and a universal time-clock based on cosmic background radiation and the wavelength of light beginning about the time God initiated creation (what science now calls the big bang). Because of time dilation, 144 hours measured at a speed calculated by using such a universal time-clock would be equal to about 15.75 billion Earth-years looking back toward the time of creation.