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Old Earth creationism (OEC) is an umbrella of theological views encompassing certain varieties of
Broadly speaking, OEC usually occupies a middle ground between
For a long time Evangelical creationists generally subscribed to Old Earth Creationism until 1960 when John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris published the book The Genesis Flood, which caused the Young Earth creationist view to become prominent.[3]
History
Augustine postulated an instantaneous creation and interpreted the days of Genesis allegorically, whose view also influenced Gregory the Great, Bede and Isodor of Seville. Augustine was not alone in viewing the days of Genesis as allegorical, others include: Didumyus the Blind, possibly Basil the Great, Clement of Alexandria, Origen and Athanasius, who interpreted the days of the Genesis narrative allegorically. However, this should not be understood as rejecting the literal interpretation, which pastristic commentators believed could stand side by side with the allegorical. [4][5]
Cyprian argued that each of the days of Genesis symbolically represented 1000 years of the world’s history, believing the world would endure for 7000 years.[6] Irenaeus and Justin Martyr also suggested that the days of Genesis could prefigure 6000 years of earth history, quoting Psalm 90:4 and perhaps 2 Peter. [7]
According to Hugh Ross, Thomas Aquinas supposedly denied the genesis account as being literal with six 24 hour days.[5]
Thomas Chalmers popularized gap creationism, which is a form of Old Earth Creationism.[8] Additionally it was advocated by the Scofield Reference bible, which caused the theory to survive longer.[9]
Probably the most famous day-age creationist was American politician, anti-evolution campaigner and
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Types
Gap creationism
Gap creationism is a form of old Earth creationism which posits the belief that the six-.
Progressive creationism
Progressive creationism is the religious belief that
Approaches to Genesis 1
Old Earth Christian creationists may approach the creation accounts of Genesis in a number of different ways.
Framework interpretation
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The framework interpretation (or framework hypothesis) notes that there is a pattern or "framework" present in the Genesis account and that, because of this, the account may not have been intended as a strict chronological record of creation. Instead, the creative events may be presented in a topical order. This view is broad enough that proponents of other old earth views (such as many Day-Age creationists) have no problem with many of the key points put forward by the hypothesis, though they might believe that there is a certain degree of chronology present.
Day-age creationism
Day-age creationism is an effort to reconcile the literal
The day-age theory tries to reconcile these views by arguing that the creation "days" were not ordinary 24-hour days, but actually lasted for long periods of time—or as the theory's name implies: the "days" each lasted an age. Most advocates of old Earth creationism hold that the six days referred to in the creation account given in Genesis are not ordinary 24-hour days, as the Hebrew word for "day" (yom) can be interpreted in this context to mean a long period of time (thousands or millions of years) rather than a 24-hour day.[16] 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.[citation needed]
Cosmic time
The biblical flood
Some old Earth creationists reject
See also
- Jain cosmology#Time cycle
- Yuga Cycle
- Kalpa (time)
- Biblical cosmology
- Cosmogony
- Creation science
- Dating creation
- Directed panspermia
- Hindu creationism
- Pre-Adamite
- Timeline of epochs in cosmology
Notes
- ^ The Creation/Evolution Continuum, Eugenie Scott, NCSE Reports, v. 19, n. 4, p. 16-17, 23-25, July/August, 1999.
- ^ Bocchino, Peter; Geisler, Norman "Unshakable Foundations" (Minneapolis: Bethany House., 2001). Pages 141-188
- ^ "Not Young-Earth, but Still Creationist | National Center for Science Education". ncse.ngo. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ISBN 978-0-8308-5325-0.
- ^ a b "Coming to Grips with the Early Church Fathers' Perspective on Genesis, Part 1 (of 5)". Reasons to Believe. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ^ "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]).
- ISBN 978-0-310-12782-6.
- ISBN 978-0313341557.
- ISBN 978-0-8308-5751-7.
- ^ Numbers(2006) p58
- ^ Numbers(2006) p82
- ^ Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction, Eugenie Scott, pp61-62
- ^ The Scientific Case Against Scientific Creationism, Jon P. Alston, p24
- ^ "What is Creationism?".
- ^ Gould, Stephen J. The Panda's Thumb (New York: W.W. Norton & CO., 1982), page 182.
- Answers In Creation, Published 16 March 2005
- ^ Phillip E. Johnson. "What Would Newton Do?".
- Hugh Rossand Miguel Endara
- ^ Genesis and the Big Bang, Gerald Schroeder, p. 116
- ISBN 0-7679-0303-X
- ^ Deluge Geology Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, J. Laurence Kulp, Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, 2, 1(1950): 1-15.
- TalkOrigins website, Last Update: February 17, 2001
- ^ Did Noah’s Flood cover the whole earth?, John D. Morris, Creation 12(2):48–50, March 1990
- ^ The Noachian Flood: Universal or Local?, Carol A. Hill, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, p. 170-183, Volume 54, Number 3, September 2002
- ^ The Mediterranean Flood, Glenn R. Morton, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 49 (December 1997): 238, American Scientific Affiliation website
References
- ISBN 978-0-674-02339-0.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-553-35413-2(articulates old Earth creationism)
- Hagopian, David G., editor, The Genesis Debate: Three Views on the Days of Creation, 2000, ISBN 0-9702245-0-8(Three pairs of scholars present and debate the three most widespread evangelical interpretations of the creation days)
- ISBN 1-55661-679-1 (by a Christadelphianold-earth creationist)
- ISBN 1-57683-375-5(Details why old Earth creationism is the literal Biblical view)
- ISBN 1-57683-230-9(Details the agreement of science with old Earth creationism)
- Ross, Hugh. Sarfati released an updated book in 2011, the original book was published in 2004.)