nAttempt to
accommodate Genesis to geology
nInterpret creation so that ages of geology correspond to the history of creation, i.e. days must correspond (more or less) to geologic ages
nEvents occur in the same order as Genesis 1:
nInorganic
universe
nSimple forms
of life
nMore complex
forms of life
nMan
nBut time periods much longer than a day:
n2 Pet. 3:8 “…
a day is as a thousand years …”