Do you believe the earth was created in 7 days?

No one was there to count so how do we know? Does it matter?

It appears there are only two explanations for why the universe is here - which sounds more plausible?

1) In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded

2) In the beginning there was nothing and somebody/bodies/God created the universe.

I think there must be a third option, but otherwise I have to go for the second option as the least absurd of the two!

Genesis 1 rings of both metaphorical and historical truths. It was probably written down by Moses or the Levitical Priests under Moses. The days of Genesis are not meant to be taken literally--they are symbolic and theological descriptions of God's power and the purpose of Creation.

It's interesting when we compare the days of Genesis to each other. They're separated by intervals of three.

Day 1: God creates light and separates it from the darkness.
Day 4: God creates the luminaries, the sun and the moon to govern the seasons.

Day 2: God creates the waters and separates the oceans and the sky.
Day 5: God creates the fish to rule the oceans and the birds to rule the sky.

Day 3: God creates land and plants
Day 6: God creates animals and man to rule the land and the plants.

It is a metaphorical passage. But I disagree with your friend's assertion that Moses wrote it for children. Where does he see this? This, I think, probably comes from his "21st Century Sunday School" impression of the lesson. Moses did not author a children's story; he authored a theological story of creation.

This does not call into question the historical significance of the passage. Metaphor or myth did not mean what we think it means. It calls into question the extent of the historicity of the passage (meaning, how literally we read it). But it does not call into question the accuracy or historical value of the passage.

Sometimes it seem difficult for we human to understand these things,because we don't even have a fraction of power compare to God...but then if nuclear bombs can bring down cities in minutes,then it makes sense to believe that the world was created in 6 days.

From what I heard, "7 days" is a metaphor so that the people could relate to it, back in the time of Jesus saying "The Earth was formed over millions of years" would surely confuse some people.

What warrant is there to say that it was NOT 6 literal days, (creation was only 6 - on the 7th, He rested)? Is God's arm too short to accomplish His purposes? Is God limited by the constraints of time? That would be absurd!

God created time, He, Himself, is apart, above and outside of time; God is eternal past and future. The Bible teaches that the first 5 books were scribed by Moses from the dictation of God when they spoke face to face. There is no reason to think that God was painting metaphorical pictures for us in giving us the creation account the way He did.

It has been suggested that they could have been day-ages, but I think that, that accounting only makes it easier for us to wrap our mortal minds around the creation which leapt into being at the command of God. Faith, without faith, is NOT faith. Either believe or don't believe, but don't try to create a blend of humanisticly altered theologies to make everyone happy. It can not be done.

God Bless

the earth was not created in seven days it was 6 days god rested on the 7th dayand to god 1 day is a 1000 years.

The story of the creation in Genesis was taken from an older (2000 year older) story of the Sumerians. And no, I do not believe it was 7 literal days, this is a metaphor of steps God used to create not the earth, but life on the earth, If you read earth was not created on day one, it was created in the begging, no time period between the beginning and the "first day", it could have been 14 billion years ago.

hello friend nice discussion and i never heard this news anywhere and i never studied this type of news anywhere...if it is true then its great...but i think it not true..because how can be earth created in 7 days......its amazing and its awesome..well anyways nice information..

thanku..

I can honestly say i do not know. I am a Christian and it is hard to believe that it was created in week, but that is what the bible tells us. Many people just say it is a story to explain how the earth was created but it is not the true story. How would man know how it was created. The story if Adam and Eve were the first male and female. If so, then we are all brothers and sisters. I do not get it, so it all counts down to our faith ..

I think the seven days was not literally seven days. I am not of a bible reader but I was schooled in a christian school in my grade 1 to 3 and my high school years and we have tackle this topic often. I had forgot about this topic but I just want to believe that it is.