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Christians, do you believe that it's only been 6,000 years since Adam and
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Captain Atheism
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What stage of evolution were Adam and Eve? Cro Magnon?
What happened to the transitional species before them? Did they all die simultaneously the moment Adam and Eve were born?
What happened to the transitional species before them? Did they all die simultaneously the moment Adam and Eve were born?
Yes, I do. Generally 6,000 to 8,000 years old.
I believe the Bible to be both literal AND symbolic.
We are to take it literally FIRST and then search for the symbolic.
The creation account is as literal as it gets. God made the point of describing each day as morning and evening as He numbered the days. That tells us we are to take it literally.
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Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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I believe the Bible to be both literal AND symbolic.
We are to take it literally FIRST and then search for the symbolic.
The creation account is as literal as it gets. God made the point of describing each day as morning and evening as He numbered the days. That tells us we are to take it literally.
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Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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To me personally it doesn't matter if it happened 6000 years ago or 60 or 60,000. The point is, we're here now. We have a charge to keep: to live "as if" the Gospel were true, because it is. To be faithful in our lives and glorify the Lord who saved us. We're here now. When we get to where we're going, God is not going to ask us what our position was on creationism or the "young earth" vs evolution. He won't even have to ask us if we "got saved." He will know. He might possibly ask why we didn't use the resources at our disposal to the fullest, but other than that...I think when we are in His presence there will be no questions or answers. We'll know.
It is yet day when all can work. Let's get to work.
It is yet day when all can work. Let's get to work.
l3ecarefulhere
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Anyone that thinks most Christians believe every word literally from the Bible is a moron. Of course the earth is billions of years old. To deny that is to deny your God-given intellect.
Funny Bunny!
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Well I am Jewish and according to the Jewish calendar (which is from when the world was created) this year is 5769 years. And Adam and Eve were born on the sixth day. So technically it's less that 6,000 years.