[AZLiberty]

I hate to say it, but it all depends on what the meaning of the word "day" is. If your beliefs (or metaphorical license) can bend the meaning of "day" to mean billions of years, then the creation story sort of works. But science says it "really" took billions of years.

[Diddley]

[5]
I hate to say it, but it all depends on what the meaning of the word "day" is.

Yup. I'm curious.
How long were each of the first two days? There was no sun until the third day.

Genesis:
1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 1: 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

[Atchafalaya]

Since Clinton I recoil at the word "is"; it's a shame.
I go with Einstein; God did not play dice with the universe.

[Mikey]

"if your beliefs (or metaphorical license) can bend the meaning of "day" to mean billions of years, then the creation story sort of works. But science says it "really" took billions of years."

Lets flip that around somewhat. What if our understanding or definition of a year is all wrong?

[MEGoody]

But science says it "really" took billions of years.

Yeah, that's what science says. I don't think they know any more than anyone else. They look in telescopes, take measurements, etc. of the now, then presume what happened billions of years ago. A cosmic Ms. Cleo.