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Young earth
QUESTION
The strongest argument for young-earth creationist is the testimony of scripture. The story of creation in Genesis does not give any hint to being a parable, but rather an accurate recording of God’s craftmanship. According to Answers in Genesis, Steve Ham says that “All through Scripture, we see Scripture quoting Scripture, Scripture also helps us to understand the very narrative of the Bible. “I think it’s fairly clear that the authors of scripture and the Holy Spirit that inspired them viewed the people and events of Genesis 1-11 as historical. These are not merely parables. There was a real Adam and Eve, a real Garden of Eden, and a real flood. Dr. Todd Wood said, “Be firm when the Bible is clear and be ambiguous where the Bible is ambiguous.” So, I take my stand on the clarity of scripture, but I’ll always be open to exploring those unanswered questions.”
The most difficult problem facing young earth creation is that our critics, including theistic evolutionists, look at us and think that we just take every word of the Bible literally. According to Answers in Genesis Biblical creationists hold to a young-earth view because Genesis 1–11 is historical narrative, and interpreting it correctly establishes the theme of Scripture. But understanding the Bible is part of the quest. The Bible is not always clear, and it’s definitely not clear on a lot of points. Being a young earth creationist doesn’t mean that you know everything about the Bible and sometimes that is expected from people with opposing views then us but in reality, we are all humans trying to interpret God’s word in the best way we can.
“‘Don't Call Us Young-Earth Creationists . . .".” Answers in Genesis, answersingenesis.org/creationism/young-earth/young-earth-creationists/.
[Todd Charles Wood (2019). (p. 61). The Quest: Exploring Creation's Hardest Problems. Retrieved from https://app.wordsearchbible.lifeway.com]
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Answer
ARGUMENTS FOR THE YOUNG-EARTH CREATIONIST THEORY
It is admissible to posit that the most robust argument for young-earth creationist is the testimony adduced in scripture. A reading of Genesis gives undisputable literality of how the Earth and all forms of life in it were actually created at a particular time by supernatural acts of a deity between about 6,000 and 10,000 years past.[1] Young-earth creationism is founded upon the religious tenet in the inerrancy of the literal interpretations and elucidations of the Book of Genesis.[2] An interpretation of the Book of Genesis chapters 1 and 2, for instance, allows a reader to know that the Earth was created in six days by God. Thus, it is worthy acknowledging that there is no employment of parables with regard to the literality of the creation by God in the Book of Genesis.
However, it is important to underscore that the Bible does not speak in a direct and literal manner always. The inspired writers of the Bible used various forms of language, like poetry, simile, narrative, metaphor and more. At first sight, chapter 1 of the Book of Genesis seems to be a narrative, but each day is kind of poetically written; “Then God said, ‘Let there be…” and then followed by “And God saw that … was good” with “And there was evening and morning…” as the refrain.[3] While poetry is often employed to convey a particular message indirectly, the employment of the poetry style of writing does not insinuate that the chapter is not literal or untrue. Far from it! God created the heavens and earth and all that is found in them literally and within literal days. It is also important to note that being a young-earth creationist does not imply that one knows everything regarding the scripture. In fact, the Bible pronounces itself in the book of Deuteronomy 29:29, stating that, “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.”
- James D. Williams, “Evolution Versus Creationism: A matter of acceptance versus belief.” Journal of Biological Education 49, no. 3(September 2014): 322-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2014.943790
- W. Dennis, “Consistent young earth relativistic cosmology.” In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Creationism, ed. J.H. Whitmore, pp. 14–35. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Creation Science Fellowship. (2018).
- Tom Kaden, “Creationist Positions.” In: Creationism and Anti-Creationism in the United States. Springer, Cham. (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99380-5_2
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Dennis, Philip. W. “Consistent young earth relativistic cosmology.” In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Creationism, ed. J.H. Whitmore, pp. 14–35. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Creation Science Fellowship. (2018). Kaden, Tom. “Creationist Positions.” In: Creationism and Anti-Creationism in the United States. Springer, Cham. (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99380-5_2 Williams, James D. “Evolution Versus Creationism: A matter of acceptance versus belief.” Journal of Biological Education 49, no. 3(September 2014): 322-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2014.943790,
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