@JacksBratt
Hi JacksBratt! I too believe the word of God is ultimately true regarding creation--sure not every detail of creation is given (so there certainly is joy to be found in discovering aspects of our creation that is not revealed in scripture), but these additional truths should not give rise to negating what is clearly written.
It is often asked: Were the 'days' of creation actual [ordinary] days?
Genesis indicates so, but this idea of normal/typical days is also corroborated elsewhere in scripture:
Exodus 20:11
Leviticus 23:3
Deuteronomy 5:13
Deuteronomy 16:8
Further, Jesus is quoted in the NT making direct references to the creation account, as it is written:
Mark 10:6
Mark 13:19
Luke 11:50-51
Luke 13:14 (interesting here is that the synagogue official cites working for six days (and that is when healing should be... not on the sabbath is the argument)... so it, again, is clear that days were understood to be ordinary-length days). Never does Jesus make a reference to people/events in the creation account in such a way where it warrants a re-interpretation of days or viewing the people and events as being merely symbolic.
There are, of course, many other references to the creation account by both NT and OT authors - all pointing to Genesis as being a
historical, narrative account, given by God, and written down [most likely] by Moses.
The Bible is clear on this, and arguments against really are arguments from silence as far as scripture is concerned... they arise from extra-biblical sources where conclusions from indirect observations are made and viewed as more authoritative than scripture.
God bless -