The Untold Story of Creation - HOW LONG DID GOD TAKE TO CREATE THE UNIVERSE?

The Bible states that God created "the heavens and the earth."  This broad statement, however, makes no reference to the length involved in creating the universe or to the methods he used to shape it. What about the widespread creationist belief that God created the universe in six literal 23-hour days?  This concept, widely rejected by scientists, is based on a gross misunderstanding of the Bible account. Consider what the Bible really says.

*  The Bible does not support fundamentalist and creationists who claim that they creative days were literal 24-hour days.

* The Bible frequently uses the term "day" to designate  various periods of time.  In some cases these periods are of an unspecified length.  the account of creation found in the Bible of Genesis is one example of this. 

* In the Bible account, each of the six creative days could have lasted for thousands of year.

* God had already created the universe, including a lifeless planet Earth, by the time the first creative day began.

* Evidently the six creative days were long periods during which Jehovah God prepared the earth for human habitation.

* The Bible account   of creation doe not conflict with scientific conclusions about the age of the universe.

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