re: #26 dragonfire1981

To me the most appropriate explanation is that the Biblical creation account in Genesis was worded the way it was simply so people who lived back then would be able to easily understand and comprehend what was being described.

The concept of the 24 hour day (which has roots in astronomy) is a relatively recent development, so the notion that the Days mentioned in the Creation account were meant to refer to 24 hour periods seems unlikely.

I personally believe that the account was simply meant to illustrate a natural progression of events that had to occur for our planet and universe to come into existence. There had to be an order or else it couldn’t be done correctly.

Think of it in terms of building a house. You can’t put the roof on if the foundation isn’t up yet.

You have to go in a natural progression. Land clearing ====> Foundation ===> Frame ====> Walls ====> Roof.

So if you wanted to explain to someone how a house gets build in a very simple way, you could say: “First you clear the land, second you build a foundation, third you build a frame, fourth you put up walls, finally you put on a roof.”

I think the Genesis account is more about the WHAT than the WHEN.

But the accounts are out of order.