You know, I'll never forget grade two. It was 1977 and it was the first time anyone ever talked to me seriously about Earth history. The teacher showed us pictures of dinosaurs and ancient birds and all sorts of fish-like creatures long since extinct. She told us the Earth was a little more than two billion years old, and I thought "WOW! That's really really old."
Yet today, scientific theory suggests the Earth is some 4.5 billion years old. As time goes on, scientific estimates need to be adjusted to reflect the most current data. They require periodic adjustment and correction. Things that are prone to correction over time, are by definition fallible.
Consequently, I stand with our brother in asserting that biblical theology must always be based on the text of God's infallible Word alone, and never on the fluctuating assessments of secular science. Even if one is not an evolutionist, these long dates are being asserted by those who do, in fact, have an evolutionary bone to pick. Good theology is based on the Scriptures alone, and if one rejects all hermeneutic sources except the Scriptures, then one has little reason to theorize about billions of years.
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It makes a lot more sense just to believe that God told Moses the truth and Moses wrote down what God told him and God has preserved that record today in our bibles.
