This is what is wrong with a literal reading of the Bible, and worse, an unliterary literal reading. The Bible was written in the form of poetry, not in the form of an auto repair manual.
A day does not have to be a day, 24 hours, nor does it have to be anything other than a contextual frame useful to reach the people this bit of poetry was directed at, thousands of years ago. They understood “day”, they would not understand “an unthinkable amount of time, way beyond what our arithmetic can manage”. The Bible did not say what the “light” was, nor describe the nuclear physics of the sun, or define “light” as we understand it.
Etc. Ad infinitum.
this is what is wrong with people who dont actually read and believe the Bible.
As long as you make it poetry, you never know when to stop making it poetry
that means you have no idea when something is real or not
how long was a day in creation?
How long was a day when Jesus was in the tomb?
How long was a day when Joshua marched around Jericho?
Why are people obsessed with the days of creation but dont even blink to listen to how long a day was anywhere else in the Bible?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmgs4a-Gbrc
Published on Apr 19, 2012
Eisegesis? Ken Ham gets to the heart of the debate about the six days of creation. If we read from what the biblical text says (exegesis), it allows only one interpretation-six 24-hour days of Creation. Any other interpretation is eisegesis (when people”read into” the Bible).