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Creationist Perspectives on Young Earth

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The young earth creation perspective is the result of a literal interpretation of the description of creation in Genesis 1. The Bible says that the world was created in 6 days with the many life forms required have a functional ecosystem. Subsequently a genealogy from Adam to Jesus can be used to easily calculate the age of the world. According to this Biblical chronology, the universe and the earth were created approximately 6000 years ago.

The language of the Bible is quite specific about the age of the world. We must also remember that God created time and language, and described the creation period in terms we could correlate to our definitions of time. The description of the creation very specifically defines the work performed during the length of time we equate to a solar day, and confirms the amount of elapsed time on each occasion with the phrase "And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day".

Genesis 1:5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day. (Exodus 20:11, 31:17)

Although there are a great many Christians who have accepted the secular scientific communities assessments of the age of the earth, the majority of creation scientists are young-earth creationist. Other than the interpretation of the "days of creation", the other major point of contention between young and old-earth advocates is the global flood of Noah. The Bible says there was a devastating global flood that is most likely responsible for the layers of sediments and fossils known of as the geological column. Although some try to interpret these passages as describing a local flood, the text clearly states that all the high mountains were covered to a depth of more than 20 feet. The catastrophe was so devastating that nothing could survive without supernatural intervention via the ark. This event can simply not be interpreted by a naturalist, but instead the conclusion has been drawn that the deposits from the flood accumulated slowly and gradually at a rate that the animals alive today could have survived naturally.

Genesis 7:19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. 20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet.

Our earth has the appearance of great age because it was created fully mature, and subsequently experienced a devastating flood.  The history of our world cannot be correctly interpreted from physical evidence without recognizing it has experienced acts of supernatural intervention. Today, the scientific community is largely atheistic and adamant that natural processes alone must be used to explain the earth's history. Do not so quickly accept an interpretation from someone who, although intelligent, can not see the evidence of intelligent design all around them.

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