2) in multiple places in the Old Testament, the period including an evening and a morning is equivalent to 24 hours. Why should Gen. 1 be different?
3) The author apparently believes only what he can understand. Fair enough, but that makes his "god" very punny indeed.
Liguistics say the word form of “day” in Genesis is the same form of day used in the other places where day is a 24 hour day. Further, the form they dsscribe the day in, ie the first day, the second day,etc is done every day of creation week, which was also a confirmation done in other places to denote they were talkng about a literal 24 hour day.
Oh I love scientific fundamentalism. Almost an oxymoron. You are limiting God, I’m giving him no bounds. If He can do anything and all things are His, then why cannot He create evolution as His process? :-)