Couldn't God have used evolution as a tool in his creation? A day is likened unto a thousand years to God.
I guess it was a pretty steep evolutionary curve when God spoke us into existence...
There are many things that can be "both-and," but creationism as described in the Bible isn't one of those. It's really "either-or" between creationism (as described in Scripture) and evolution.
Yep.
That only bumps up the ante by 6,000 years.
6 days x 1000 = 6,000
6,000 + 6,000 = 12,000
Jesus said:
Mat 19:4-5
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Quoting from the supposed mythological story in the Book of Genesis:
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And:
Gen 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
This is not an overly "literal" reading. Jesus Christ's confirmation assures us of the truth and accuracy of the Genesis account. Who better to make such a confirmation. Or who worse to disregard.