Re: OT: Racial superiority / Intelligent design was Re: OT:Thanksgiving

"LX-i" <lxi0007@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Howard Brazee wrote:

Lots of people accept the Bible without accepting that 6000 year
calculation, figuring that if the word "day" is used to describe time
before days, it must be a different definition than literalists claim.

Nope - it just a simple logical deduction. Adam was created as an adult; therefore, it makes perfect sense that the rest of
creation (AKA "the world") was also created as mature, and is "older" than 6,000 years, even though it may have only actually
*been* around ~6,000 years.

True. Assuming God did create the universe in 6 days, which is more
logical?

A. God created everything without the "implied prehistory" you suggest,
and Adam couldn't see a single star for 4 years, etc.

B. God created everything with an "implied prehistory", with everything
already in balance "as if" it had been there. There would be chickens,
eggs, and everything in between. Trees would have rings. Adam could see
all stars bright enough to be visible.

To my mind, assumption A is illogical, and criticizing the Creation
account on that basis is asinine. :-)
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