[freejohn]

I too have struggled with the timeframe of Genesis and concluded with the literal reading of it. To create a universe in six days is something only an extraordinaire God would be capable of.

As I posted in my other thread .. The Bible itself points out that DAY does not necessarily mean 24 hours.

If someone has a Bible handy, they may want to look up the second part of the Genesis account where it says .. "In The DAY" that all of this was created.

This is written After the six days of creation account is given.

I'm just guessing that this is to point out that GOD has no clock sitting upon his desk!? 8)

[Jonty30]

One point that should be kept in mind, when we talk about the creation account is that Moses wrote what God showed him.

It’s not likely that God provided Moses with charts and graphs to explain what was shown. So Moses would interpret what he saw, as he understood it.

[blasater1960]

I think we can say with certainty that the creation was not a 24 hour day event.

A) G-d would have to "fake" putting photons in motion all across the universe, just to give the appearance of old age. G-d doesnt fake...or decieve.

B) The words in Genesis are Yom Echad..Day one..etc. The word Yom is like the word day in english. It can apply to an era. As in..." in the dinosaurs day...it was warmer" refering to an era of time.