God created Adam and Eve fully matured, older, right? Why could He not have made the other things that way.
I have problems with getting to pick and choose what in the bible is literal, and what isn't. If it's not all literal, unless clearly stated as with parables, then there is no way to trust any of it as true.
The bible says God created the universe in 6 days, so it has to be in 6 days.
Becky
"The bible says God created the universe in 6 days, so it has to be in 6 days."
Read it again. In the beginning God created the heavens and earth.
No where here does it say when the beginning is or was. What follows is an event described. AND the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. This word 'was' should be became cause there was a rebellion, note that word 'darkness' we are told who is darkness.
Then comes a description of cleaning up a MESS, because it does not say again the heavens and earth were created.