Opus 2025-302: Who not How

Days are not the issue.

As I was sitting and meditating on chapter 1 in Genesis the issue of creation versus evolution has a way of always creeping in.  In this case, my thoughts went to the real issue.

Young earth creationists get all hot under the collar when someone challenges the idea that God created the world in six 24 hour days.  In doing so they miss the whole point of the controversy.  The key difference between evolutionist and creationists is not the time involved but the cause.

I submit that if in someway the entire six days of creation were removed from the Bible, and we just went from verse two down to man being created in God’s image, we would lose nothing of significance as far as Christian theology goes, and the big gap between us and the evolutionist would still be there.

The difference is not the steps, the methods, the theories, the order of creation or anything else in those verses.  The controversy is in verse one where we claim God did it and they say there is no God.

I would suggest that you stop wasting your time arguing about whether it’s six days or 16 billion years.  The difference is not between six and however many days that would be.  The difference is between one or none.  The Gap between those is bigger than any gap that could be established within the realms of time and space.

Relax.  God created the universe.  God inspired the Bible.  Good science and good theology will always go together.  If there are bumps then buckle your seat belt and keep going.  You have nothing to fear.

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