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From: vm0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent Paul Mulhern)
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Subject: Re: Is the Holy Bible 100% correct??
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> Excerpts from netnews.soc.religion.christian: 24-Dec-90 Is the Holy
> Bible 100% corr.. tlijy@cc.curtin.edu.au (2265)

> For instance, in Genisis, the universe is said to have been created 

> in only seven days. Well, everything is possible for almighty God and he
> could
> have created the universe in 7 days (if 1 day = 24 hours). But according
> to 
> scientific observations and the physical laws which governs the
> observable 
> part of the universe, the universe is certainly not formed in the way
> which 
> is described in the Bible.  

Yes.  A few moments' thought...if God is creating Light and the Heavens
(& etc. celestial things) before He created the earth, how could the
"1st day" be 24 hrs long?  A 'day' is the time for the earth to rotate
on its axis.  But if there's no physical earth yet...
     I looked up that Hebrew word for 'day' and other things it means /
implies are 'time period' and such.  If each of creation's "days" is
thought of as that, and not "24 hours" the passage gains a lot of
credibility.

     General guidelines to follow in this sort of situation...when
there's a scientific fact that you can't reconcile with the Bible, one
of the two is being misunderstood.  The Bible has withstood a lot, and,
as time passes, improbable things it has said are turning out to be so. 
(A lot of OT prophecies, for example).  

Jesus is Lord!
Vince Mulhern