Day-age creationism
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Day-age creationism, a type of
The
The day-age theory attempts to reconcile the
History
A kind of figurative view can be traced back at least to Saint Augustine in the 5th century who pointed out, in De Genesi ad Litteram (On the Literal [Interpretation of] Genesis) that the "days" in Genesis could not be literal days, if only because Genesis itself tells us that the sun was not made until the fourth "day".[1] Cyprian also argued that each day of Genesis consisted of 1000 years.[2]
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In the mid 19th century, American geologist
American geologist and
Probably the most famous day-age creationist was American politician, anti-evolution campaigner and
American
One modern defender is
Interpretation of Genesis
Day-Age creationists differ from young Earth creationists in how they interpret a number of crucial Hebrew words in Genesis, and thus how they interpret the genealogies and creation account contained in it.
They point out that the Hebrew words for father ('ab) and son (ben) can also mean forefather and descendent, respectively, and that the Biblical scripture occasionally "telescopes" genealogies to emphasise the more important ancestors. This, they argue, renders genealogically based dating of the Creation, such as the Ussher chronology, to be inaccurate.
They admit that yom can mean a twenty-four hour solar day, but argue that it can refer to an indefinitely long period of time. In their view, it is in this sense that the word is employed in Genesis 2:4, with a "day" of God's total creation taking place in the course of "days" of creation.[7]
Day-age creationists often point to phenomena such as the Cambrian explosion as evidence of one of the Creation "days" appearing in the fossil record as a long period of time.[citation needed]
See also
- Yom
- Biblical cosmology
- Genesis creation narrative
- Genesis 1:5
- Creator god
- Dating creation
- Timeline of the Big Bang
- Theistic evolution
Notes
- ^ Pennock(2000), p 19
- ^ "What the Early Church Believed: Creation and Genesis". Catholic Answers. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
The first seven days in the divine arrangement contain seven thousand years" (Treatises 11:11 [A.D. 250]).
- ^ Numbers(2006), p21-23
- ^ Numbers(2006), p33-50, 82
- ^ Numbers(2006) p58
- ^ Numbers(2006) p82
- ^ a b Pennock(2000), p20
- ^ About Our Founder, Reasons to Believe
- ^ "Genesis One and the Age of the Earth: What does the Bible say?". godandscience.org. Archived from the original on 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
- ^ "Reading Genesis One". www.creationingenesis.com. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
References
- ISBN 0-674-02339-0.
- ISBN 0-262-66111-X.
External links
- Answers In Creation—Another website promoting the day-age model
- Day-Age Genesis One Interpretation Archived 2020-05-16 at the Wayback Machine—Article advocating the day-age theory
- Days of Creation—List of articles opposing the day-age theory
- Reasons To Believe—Website promoting the day-age model
Further reading
- Ross, Hugh, A Matter of Days: Resolving a Creation Controversy, Navpress Publishing Group, 2004, ISBN 1-57683-375-5
- Sarfati, Jonathan, Refuting Compromise, Master Books, 2004, ISBN 0-89051-411-9(YEC critique of the day-age theory and old-earth creationism)