I had the privilege of spending the day at the Creation Museum recently. Here's my thoughts...
It should first be noted that every view in relation to Genesis 1 and making sense of it in light of modern science has problems - including views that allow for theistic evolution.
While I hold to the "Regular Day View" (the days in Genesis 1 correspond to normal days), I do not see eye-to-eye with the Creation Museum. There are really only two routes to go if one holds to the RDV. The CM goes one way and I go another. Either:
Anyway, the Creation Museum has further convinced me that there is no way that (1) above is true.
It should first be noted that every view in relation to Genesis 1 and making sense of it in light of modern science has problems - including views that allow for theistic evolution.
While I hold to the "Regular Day View" (the days in Genesis 1 correspond to normal days), I do not see eye-to-eye with the Creation Museum. There are really only two routes to go if one holds to the RDV. The CM goes one way and I go another. Either:
- The earth is young and God created it in 6 literal days. Modern scientific consensus is profoundly wrong. But science, when done properly with YEC assumptions, actually shows a young earth. Dinosaurs co-existed with mankind and there were dinosaurs on Noah's ark.
OR
- The earth is young and God created it in 6 literal days. Modern science is not wrong. It's right. However, God created a mature world with apparent age. God created trees with rings. Adam appeared 30 years old when in reality he was only 1 day old. God created the earth with oil deposits in it. And God created the world with dinosaur bones in it. But dinosaurs did not actually walk the earth.
Anyway, the Creation Museum has further convinced me that there is no way that (1) above is true.