What is the scientific basis for God making the Earth in six days, each of them 24 hours.?
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That's obviously a load of old rubbish, however I know there is a scientific basis and evidence of some big loser who stole someone's identity and asked dumb questions about 'do you like philipino girls', then get all smug and righteous about the Yahoo rules when that person gets suspended. Remind you of anyone? *sniff sniff* \n\nI can STILL smell hypocrisy and it's very close!
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6 day creation is true.  Your scientists need a Prozac.\n\nIf a day equals 1000 years and 1000 years equals a day, then since Jesus rose from the dead on the third day, does this have significance for His Second Coming? \n\n Let's see some things that really do seem to have significance, first of all from Ha'aretz "Small Quake Hits Dead Sea; Experts: Big One On The Way." And from Templemount.org "Israeli President asks Vatican to Reveal List of Temple Treasures, Vessels and Judacia they Hold." \n\nI guess they had some things right there in the Vatican that they would like to know about and they would like to have. First of all,   \n\n the Rabbis said that there would only be seven days in world history because a day was like 1,000 years, Psalm 90:4, and it was patterned after creation. He created the world in six days, Genesis 1:31 and rested on the 7th day, Genesis 2:2. And since each day represents 1,000 years, and we Christians also set that according to II Peter 3:8, we then have four days of Old Testament time and three days of New Testament time for the total of 7000 years, So let's just deal with the three days of New Testament time. \n\nHere is proof that this is correct, Hosea 6, verse 2. The Jews didn't have their own land for a couple thousand years and they say after two days, 2,000 years, He'll revive us - that happened in 1948, almost after 2,000 years, then on the third day which just started in the last number of months, He will raise us up that we may live in his sight, the Jews are raised in Daniel 12, when the Messiah comes and sets his foot upon the earth. Now here are two exciting signs that , They're expecting the greatest earthquake ever and it's right there at the Dead Sea fault and when Jesus Christ returns His Feet hit the Mount of Olives and it splits down the center and they say, we are waiting for that big one and that could be the return of Christ. But the most exciting thing, beyond that, is that the Jews are asking for all of the things the Vatican has from the old temples. Why? Because they have built the replica of the exact temple 269,000 square feet by the dead sea! And they are putting everything in it and getting all the Cohen's. For they are the Levites, they're prepared to do sacrifice so that when the real one is built, the one in which antichrist sits, 2 Thessalonians 2:4 and says he's god, Daniel 11:36, it will be ready. It's that close. Then Christ comes and sits in it permanently. Ezekiel 40 to 44.
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On the sixth day God created man, male and female. God said be fruitful and multiply, and replentish the earth. So according to that statement sex was not a sin at that time. It was a gift from God.\n\nSince God had no beginning he would'nt rush creating everything in just 7 literal days.\n\n2Peter 3:8  But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.\nIt could have taken 7 billion years to create earth and man and everything in it. Adam and Eve could have enjoyed Eden for millions of years before that great and awful thing that they did.\nSince God said be fruitful and multiply they could have had many children before that sinful day.\nCain could have been the result of the first child being born into a sinful world.
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okay...  i'm **NOT** a christian, but let's say they're right for the purpose of discussion...\n\nif god made the world in six days and rested on the seventh..  what's a "day" to one who's existed for all time?  his day could be a trillion years to us wee mortals.
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You can learn that something is moving.  Either the earth is rotating (true), or the sky is revolving around the earth (once thought to be true).  You can also measure the length of the siderial day.  That is the length of time it take for the earth to rotate reletive to the stars.  Our "day" of 24 hours is based on the sun's motion.  If we were to measure time based on the stars we would have a day of 23hours and 56 minutes.  You can measure the length of the day with star trails, although to really get the timing down might be hard.
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It is conjectured that the seven day week as we know it was developed by the Babylonians over 3000 years ago. Historians believe that the Babylonians were avid astronomers. They based many of their mathematical systems (including their calculations of time) on the movement of the heavenly bodies. The first convenient division of time to be devised (after the day) was the month because it could be tracked by observing the cycles of the moon. It was at some point deemed convenient by Babylonian scholars to find a division of time greater than the day and shorter than the month. The big problem was that a cycle of the moon lasted about 29 and a half days. No round number of days divides evenly into 29 and a half - 4 was the best division they could find. So they went with the seven day week and worried about the loose change of extra days later. \n\nThroughout the world various systems for the week had developed. The most popular competition for the seven day week was the 10 day week. Yet the ten day week proved to be too long for those looking forward to the weekend. Besides, adoption of the seven day week by the Hebrews would ensure its longevity over other forms; during the early Christian Era it grew in popularity with the popularity of both Judaism and Christianity. The Christians converted the Romans and the Romans forcibly converted the remainder of the civilized world. In this way the creation story, where God creates the universe in six days and then rests on the seventh, became a model for the activities of all mankind. \n\nSo today we still use the seven day week. Only now, as a tribute to man's productivity, we rest two days a week. Like the week itself, each day of the week has its own particular story.
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My personal belief is that, though the Bible says creation happened in 7 days, there really is no definitive measurement of time at the beginning.  We cannot say that a day was the standard 24 hour day that we have come to accept in modern times.  For all we know, a day was 1 million or 1000 or 100 years.  So, the time it took to create the sun could have been 1 million years...and then the planets took another million and then the teraforming of the Earth to sustain life (plants, water, etc)...and then the animals and lastly - man.\n\nIf you put the Darwinistic evolution timeline up against creationism, you can see where (if you let go of the idea of 24 hours in a day), they follow a similar pattern.\n\nThis would explain why you have many different dating methods giving the same results...because there is no discrepancy.  Evolution and Creationism are two ways of explaining the same events.\n\nAs for the limited distribution of flowering plants - the organic material that makes up plant life breaks down much quicker than the skeletal remains of animals.  Thus, the bones can last long enough to create a "normal" fossil (in rock, etc) whereas a plant fossil is usually the result of an event (fossilized in amber, volcanic lava creating an instant fossil, etc).  The evidence of animal life is more durable and so you are going to get more evidence that withstands the tests of time.
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You asked, so here are the answers to all your questions:\n\n1. Plants, not God. Specifically phytoplankton for most of the oxygen. Research the carbon cycle and photosynthesis. Its a naturally stabilizing system, and I would love to explain how it works but will spare you the details on the assumption that you are capable of learning on your own.\n\n2. The laws of physics: the planet isn't about to suddenly stop or speed up! And what's so special about 365 and 24? Who is to say that life couldn't have evolved to fit, say, 36 and 512? Incidentally, the human body happens to follow a 25 hour cycle instead of 24 if deprived of visual clues like clocks and brightness.\n\n3. Don't know. Who or what started God? Its like asking if the chicken came before the egg either way. And please don't tell me that the appearance of an intelligent force is any less ridiculous than the appearance of a whole bunch of matter/energy.\n\n4. Synthesized from pure energy in the aftermath of the big bang, which just brings us back to 3. Once again, you can read more on the big bang and advanced physics if you feel the need, or use Yahoo to find explanations!
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Of course they are.  It was a man who "decided" how old the universe was and he used man's lenght of Time to determine it. We have no idea how long God's day is. it may have taken 7 "days" but God's day may just be several billion years of our Time. I beleive in both evolution and creation and they both make perfect sense. Blessings and good luck.
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The Bible speaks of 6 creative days.  It does not say that the days lasted 24 hours.  A day can indicate a period of time (in Noah's day, for example).  The Bible also says that a 1000 years is a day to God.  On the seventh day he rested from his creative works.  We are still in the seventh day of rest.  (we see this seventh day is longer than 24 hours, and longer than a 1000 years)  Scientific evidence supports that the earth is 4 billion years old.
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Thank you for the article- it had some interesting insights!\n\nI have long thought that there was something odd in the part of Genesis 2:1 and the phrasing Genesis 1 used. I've been looking for things that explained it and your article did just that.\n\nIt simply makes no sense that the God who sent His people to the wilderness for 40 years would have (or needed to) rush the planet in 6 days, then fake various items to make it seem much older. He does not work that way at any other time, so why then?\n\nI have said for years that when the Bible and science or reality conflict, our understanding of one or the other is flawed- and I think we've really messed up our understanding of the Bible!
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God created for seven days and then rested. He was lonely so on day 8 year zero he crated man in his own image.\nAdams birthday is the 8th day of the year zero. \nEve is one day younger so her birthday is 9th day of year zero. No one knows the answer to this question.
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God made the earth and other planets round. I learn.
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I believe if God made this planet in less then 1 week and we have 9 planets in the solar system, then there got to be either life on another planet or there once were life. \nI do not think God just made us. I think he made the aliens, you know, just for the hell of it.
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Very good question.  I went searching and came up with this:\n\nBTW, the person that answered 687 is correct for EARTH days, not MARS days.  It appears to be closer to 668.6 Martian days.
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wow I see a lot of people have commented on this and given their opinion on what they think is right.\n\nThe truth is it boils down two options\n1. The Universe is 6,000 thousand years old and G-d made it look older for some reason\n\n2. The Universe is Billions of years old.\n\nTo believe in the second answer you need to explain what the six days of Creation are right? One can simply argue that they are an aligory or one can say that they have some deeper meaning. \n\nI chose the latter because I find that it answers more questions and give a deeper insight.\n\nThe best answer to this question I find was a book called the Science of G-d by Gerald Schroeder.\n\nhere is an excerpt of the part you are interested in.\n\nhttp://www.geraldschroeder.com/age.html\n\nhope this helps
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The Hebrew word for day is "Yom" ,that's the word used in Genesis during the creation.I believe God could of done it in a mili-second so time has no hold on God to me.In the Old and New Testament,it quotes"A day with the Lord is a thousand years and a thousand years but a day".\nHumanly speaking that still is not enough time for God to create the world.But then, we are not God.