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Old-Earth / Day-Age Creationism
"Old
Earth creationism
is a variant of the
creationist
view of the origin of the
universe
and
life on Earth.
As a theory of origins it is typically more
compatible with mainstream scientific thought on
the issues of
geology,
cosmology
and the
age of the Earth,
in comparison to
Young Earth creationism.
However, it still generally takes the
accounts of creation in
Genesis more
literally than
theistic evolution
(or evolutionary creationism).
Old Earth creationism is
in fact an umbrella term for a number of
perspectives, including
Gap creationism
and
Progressive creationism."
—Wikipedia
MUST READ:
Origin Views
— Creation/Evolution Comparison Chart
"Day-Age
Creationism, a type of
Old Earth creationism,
is an effort to reconcile the literal
Genesis
account of Creation with modern scientific
theories on the age of the Universe, the Earth,
life, and humans. It holds that the
six days
referred to in the Genesis account of creation
are not ordinary 24-hour days, but rather are
much longer periods (of thousands or millions of
years). The Genesis account is then interpreted
as an account of the process of cosmic
evolution,
providing a broad base on which any number of
theories and interpretations are built.
Proponents of the Day-Age Theory can be found
among
theistic evolutionists
and
progressive creationists.
The
differences
between the
Young-Earth
interpretation of Genesis and
modern scientific theories
are nontrivial: the Young-Earth interpretation
says that everything in the Universe and on
Earth was created in six 24-hour days (with a
seventh day of rest), estimated by them to have
occurred some 6,000 years ago; whereas recent
mainstream scientific theories put the age of
the Universe at 13.7 billion years and that of
the Earth at 4.6 billion years, with various
forms of life, including humans, being formed
continually thereafter.
The Day-Age Theory tries to reconcile these
views by arguing that the Creation "days" were
not 24-hour days, but actually lasted for long
periods of time—or as the theory's name implies:
the "days" each lasted an age. According to this
view, the sequence and duration of the Creation
"days" is representative or symbolic of the
sequence and duration of events that scientists
theorize to have happened, such that Genesis can
be read as a summary of modern science,
simplified for the benefit of pre-scientific
humans." — Wikipedia
MUST READ:
Origin Views
— Creation/Evolution Comparison Chart
SEE BELOW:
Research Links to Articles / Sites in SUPPORT of
and AGAINST Old-Earth / Day-Age Creationism...
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Read stories
of others who changed their views, but kept their
faith.
Don't be discouraged! There is hope. The Bible's
message is trustworthy. God is still God, and
Jesus is still the Savior who rose again. The Bible
isn't a science book, and Genesis wasn't written for
21st century intellectuals. God may have
allowed a figurative story of His Creation to be
recorded, since a scientific explanation wouldn't
have made sense to readers of that time anyway.
So continue to trust Him, despite the apparent
difficulties in reconciling science with His Word.
BOOK: Coming to Peace with Science - a Christian
scientist shares his view of theistic evolution.
Did you know that star light we see in the night sky
comes from stars billions of light years away, and
that the light actually had to travel billions of
years to reach us?
FREE ONLINE VIDEO: Director of the Human Genome
Project, Christian & theistic evolutionist shares
his views.
Well-respected theologians who believe in an old
universe and an old earth.
Learn about the methods used to estimate the age of
the earth.
Don't allow your heart to be hardened to the truth
of God's Word. Many have fallen away because
of the discrepancies between science and common
interpretations of Genesis. Ask God for faith
to continue believing, in spite of the difficulties.
He is a faithful Father, who will sustain you through
your doubts and fears.
Ever wonder if we've raised the bar so high
regarding the supposed 'perfection' of Scripture
that we've removed the humanity from a book that was
inspired by God, yet written by fallen men.
God's message is authoritative, our only
source of truth for the Christian life. But it
needn't be an utterly perfect or inerrant book
for the message to be true...
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