Subject: RE: BS: Is the universe less than 10k years old?
From: beardedbruce - PM
Date: 13 Mar 14 - 09:02 AM

If the year indicated is the standard solar year, the answer is


NO.



If the days counted to add up the age include the "days" in the old testament that actually translates as closer to "a period of time", and those "days" are of variable length, up to billions of solar years, then the answer is


One might make an argument that it is.



day (dā)
n.
1. The period of light between dawn and nightfall; the interval from sunrise to sunset.
2.
a. The 24-hour period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis.
b. The period during which a celestial body makes a similar rotation.
3. Abbr. D One of the numbered 24-hour periods into which a week, month, or year is divided.
4. The portion of a 24-hour period that is devoted to work, school, or business: an eight-hour day; a sale that lasted for three days.
5. A 24-hour period or a portion of it that is reserved for a certain activity: a day of rest.
6.
a. A specific, characteristic period in one's lifetime: In Grandmother's day, skirts were long.
b. A period of opportunity or prominence: Every defendant is entitled to a day in court. That child will have her day.

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7. A period of time in history; an era: We studied the tactics used in Napoleon's day. The day of computer science is well upon us.
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8. days Period of life or activity: The sick cat's days will soon be over.


The words in the Old Testament have the meaning of 6, 7 or 8.

Thus the Bible could be an accurate explanation IN THE WORDS of the time of the big bang, and the subsequent evolution of the universe and life herein.

The current problem is that "Creationists" as presented here do not look at the source material (God's Word) but at their own favorite INTERPRETATION of it. The KJV is a great work of literature- but a flawed translation of a flawed translation of a flawed translation.

The question is whether to take God's Word ( facts as shown by the real universe) or the written words of human beings as the truth- Where the written words are the Bible.