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<blockquote data-quote="SkyDancer90" data-source="post: 1462557" data-attributes="member: 18010">I hold the view that Genesis is literally true (with some elements of poetic language), and the universe is billions of years old.&nbsp; Of course, it seems contradictory that the universe was created in 6 days, and that it was created over the course of billions of years.&nbsp; However, these do not have to contradict given the theory of relativity.We now know that time moves at different rates in different reference frames.&nbsp; Everything is reconcilable if the days of creation are told from one reference frame, and the rest of Genesis from another.&nbsp; In fact, there is a calculation showing that, in a reference frame defined by the cosmic microwave background radiation (light left over from the big bang), it has been 6 24-hour days since the big bang.More details on this view can be seen in Sarah Salviander's blog here:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://sixdayscience.com/six-days-2/[/URL]Seeing this really helped me in my journey to faith.&nbsp; This may not have everything exactly right, but I believe something like this is the truth.&nbsp; The evidence for young earth creationism never stood up to scrutiny in my eyes, but one can read the bible entirely literally without being a young earth creationist.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SkyDancer90, post: 1462557, member: 18010"] I hold the view that Genesis is literally true (with some elements of poetic language), and the universe is billions of years old. Of course, it seems contradictory that the universe was created in 6 days, and that it was created over the course of billions of years. However, these do not have to contradict given the theory of relativity. We now know that time moves at different rates in different reference frames. Everything is reconcilable if the days of creation are told from one reference frame, and the rest of Genesis from another. In fact, there is a calculation showing that, in a reference frame defined by the cosmic microwave background radiation (light left over from the big bang), it has been 6 24-hour days since the big bang. More details on this view can be seen in Sarah Salviander's blog here: [URL unfurl="true"]https://sixdayscience.com/six-days-2/[/URL] Seeing this really helped me in my journey to faith. This may not have everything exactly right, but I believe something like this is the truth. The evidence for young earth creationism never stood up to scrutiny in my eyes, but one can read the bible entirely literally without being a young earth creationist. [/QUOTE]

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