Hello, all. I'd like to, once again, bring up the topic of Young Earth Creation. I myself am not a JW, but was drawn to the large mistakes posted on this site in attempt to "prove" Old Earth creation ("Genesis 'Days'", "Distant Stars," etc.)I have several reasons to refute these claims: The Genesis "Days" Ah, yes. The Genesis "Days." This is the most common "support" for Old Earth Creation, and yet is as weak as a house of cards. 1 - In Genesis, as penned by Moses, the Hebrew word "yôm" was used to describe all seven of the days of creation. Whenever he used "yôm" to talk about each day, he also coupled it with the words "evening and morning," along with a cardinal (counting) number, such as 'first, second, etc." Saying that each "day" was hundreds to thousands to millions of years is a stretch, and clearly predisposes the Bible to fallible interpretations and scrutiny. All of the "Old Earth" theories hold that each "day" was millions of years, and, thus, allows pain, death, and sin before Adam's fall. Besides that, "Old Earthers" like the ones who've posted on this site say that they believe that the Holy Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God, and cannot be proven wrong. Yet, with Genesis-tic timelines confirming that Adam lived only hundreds of years, how can the Old Earth theory corroborate with the Bible? "Distant Stars" Another big issue that YEC's and OEC's disagree upon can be resolved in a scientific manner. 2 - Alright, so here's the deal. Creationists generally agree that the Universe has boundaries. So, let's say that the universe is like a circle, which it may or not be. Through science, we have significant evidence to believe that the Earth is relatively close to the center of the universe. Mass creates gravity, and makes the plane of the universe "bend", like putting a ball in the middle of a trampoline. The furthest stars are at the edge of the universe, yet we are at the middle. Light must travel to us in a special way in which light takes "billions of years" in the universe, yet just a regular day on Earth. As long as the Universe has a boundary, (supported by verses in which God talks about "stretching" his creation,) this theory seems to fit fine with the Bible, and needs no different interpretations. Also, because God created everything as mature (like Adam) in the beginning, why couldn't he have miraculously pulled light to Earth in the several days from stars to man?
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Young Earth Evidence: You'd Be Surprised!
by Xtreme4Gzus ini'd like to, once again, bring up the topic of young earth creation.
i myself am not a jw, but was drawn to the large mistakes posted on this site in attempt to "prove" old earth creation ("genesis 'days'", "distant stars," etc.
)i have several reasons to refute these claims:
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