Originally Posted by Amanah (Post 1484579)

My husband has a scientific bent, he has an MS in electrical engineering along with a PhD in International business. This morning he was explaining to me how the universe is 13+ billions of years old.

As a previous dispensationalist, our occasional debates over scientific theory and the bible would sometimes be, well a bit stressful.

Since I have begun to explore new POVs on eschatology, I am just in the learning stage, I have seen preterists state that 1000 years is a figure of speech and not literal.

Is it possible that the 7 days of creation don't equate to a literal 1000 years per day and I can stop debating with my husband and agree that the earth and universe could be as old the scientist seem to believe it is?

Originally Posted by Amanah (Post 1484579)

My husband has a scientific bent, he has an MS in electrical engineering along with a PhD in International business. This morning he was explaining to me how the universe is 13+ billions of years old.

As a previous dispensationalist, our occasional debates over scientific theory and the bible would sometimes be, well a bit stressful.

Since I have begun to explore new POVs on eschatology, I am just in the learning stage, I have seen preterists state that 1000 years is a figure of speech and not literal.

Is it possible that the 7 days of creation don't equate to a literal 1000 years per day and I can stop debating with my husband and agree that the earth and universe could be as old the scientist seem to believe it is?

Originally Posted by mfblume (Post 1484694)

Whatever the case, I know I totally reject the idea that the creation of the world was made making it an apparent ancient age in the same manner God created Adam an adult. That's just silly in my estimation.

Originally Posted by FlamingZword (Post 1484738)

Silly?
Nope, it is not silly if you look at it from a utilitarian point of view.

We build chairs for for children and we build chairs for grown up adults and they are basically the same design. If we looked at the range of chairs, we might assume that chairs begun as little then by some strange process they started getting bigger until they became large.

God tells us how he built our world, it is possible that the age of the world is only apparent, because it was built specifically to be inhabitable, it is a version of a large chair specifically built for an adult.

Originally Posted by mfblume (Post 1484752)

I wholly disagree. The Word would teach the principle if it was true, but it does not.

Originally Posted by mfblume (Post 1484694)

Whatever the case, I know I totally reject the idea that the creation of the world was made making it an apparent ancient age in the same manner God created Adam an adult. That's just silly in my estimation.

Originally Posted by Jason B (Post 1484764)

Again, theres no justification to use the phrase or idea "appearance of age". God didn't create it to look old. He created it to be used, specifically inhabited by the human race, and to display His wisdom, glory, and goodness. And specifically said He did it all in 6 days:

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Exodus 20:11

I'm just not seeing the silliness.

Originally Posted by Bowas (Post 1484850)

I see it as silly to suggest God would create the earth the appear old, if it in fact was young. That is silly. He creates, made and forms.