The days of creation - 24-hour days?
Some religious fundamentalists claim that pre-human history can be explained more by creationism than by evolution. They believe that the entire material creation was created sometime between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago in only six 24-hour days. However, in doing so they are promoting unbiblical teaching and causing many to make fun of the Bible.
Does a day in the Bible actually always have a length of literally 24 hours? Genesis 2:4 speaks of "the day when Jehovah God made earth and heaven. This one day includes all six days of creation in Genesis 1, chapter 1. As the word is used in the Bible, one day is understood to be a certain period of time, which may last a thousand years or thousands of years. Each biblical day of creation therefore allows a period of thousands of years. Moreover, the earth already existed at the beginning of the days of creation. This means that the Bible report agrees with proven scientific knowledge on this point (2 Peter 3:8).
Commenting on the view that the days of creation only lasted a literal 24 hours, molecular biologist Francis Collins says: "Creationism has done more harm to serious beliefs than anything else in modern history.
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