[terycarl]

The purpose of the layout of chapter 1 was clearly to establish that the days were real 24 hour days, and to establish the six days of labor

there was noone else there to be affected by the length of the day....only God was there, and we all know that to God a day is like.................whatever period of time you care to insert.

[boatbums]

there was noone[sic] else there to be affected by the length of the day....only God was there, and we all know that to God a day is like.................whatever period of time you care to insert.

It doesn't matter whether or not no one was actually existing yet, the point is that it was GOD who specifically used the terms evening and morning for a "day". It isn't about what a day is to God - in eternity, it doesn't exist because there won't BE a sun to rise and set. But seeing as this is the accounting of what went on when God created the heavens and the earth and every creature in it, He used a LITERAL day - earth day, 24 hours, evening and morning or morning and evening, day and night. I can't believe you are seriously arguing against Genesis' creation account. It was GOD'S telling of what happened to Moses! Don't you think He would have made it clear if He meant thousands of years???

[Resettozero]

there was noone else there to be affected by the length of the day.

We know that angels sang at the Creation to the Glory of God.

We know that the Son of God was present during the Creation and later Jesus could have corrected Moses' "mistake".

No, the Word of God is correct and is for believers, for those seeking God, not for doubters.