Category: The Age of the Earth

Christianity-QA Creation The Age of the Earth

What did God create on the third day of creation?

On the third day of creation, God created the dry ground, seas, plants, and trees (Genesis 1:9–13). Using the foundation He created on the first day of creation, the Lord began to form the earth into a place suitable for life. On days three through six, the Lord was filling the earth, which had been…

Christianity-QA Creation The Age of the Earth

What did God do on the seventh day of creation?

On the seventh day of creation, God rested from His work of creating all things (Genesis 2:2–3). The universe and all that is contained within it, including the earth, all its creatures, and mankind, were created during six days, and by the seventh day the Lord was done creating (Genesis 2:2). Most versions of the…

Christianity-QA Creation The Age of the Earth

What does the Bible say about the ice age?

The Bible doesn’t explicitly mention the Ice Age. It wasn’t something that had much impact upon the writers of the Bible as they all lived in the Middle East, a region far south of the continental glaciations. Scientific evidence suggests at least three historical patterns of cooling and warming, as shown by a consistent series…

Christianity-QA Creation The Age of the Earth

What did God create on the sixth day of creation?

On the sixth day of creation, God created the land animals and the pinnacle of His creative work, humans (Genesis 1:24–31). God’s handiwork was complete at the end of the sixth day. Moses, the author of Genesis, summed up the week of creation with these words: “Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in…

Christianity-QA Creation The Age of the Earth

How does young earth creationism handle the evidence for millions of years in the fossil record?

The “fossil record” is what paleontologists call the total number of fossils that have been discovered, as well as the information derived from them. A somewhat unfair and unsupportable error is often made when relating the fossil record to issues such as the age of the earth or evolution. Most paleontologists subscribe to an atheistic…

Christianity-QA Creation The Age of the Earth

What did God create on the fifth day of creation?

On the fifth day of creation, God created aquatic animals and flying creatures (Genesis 1:20–23). These animals were created to live in the spaces God had prepared for them on days two and three. On day two, the Lord had created the sky (Genesis 1:8), and on day three, He had grouped the waters together…

Christianity-QA Creation The Age of the Earth

Is there any evidence for young earth creationism?

Interpreting evidence is a somewhat subjective process because evidence can always be viewed from multiple vantage points. Police detectives examine crime scenes to determine the most likely perpetrators of the crimes. Sometimes the evidence seems to point in one direction only to later be proved to have been pointing in a different direction all along.…

Christianity-QA Creation The Age of the Earth

Does the Bible say anything about a pre-Adamic race?

The concept of a pre-Adamic race is the idea that God created a race of humans who lived on the Earth before He created Adam, the first man. This hypothesis has been promoted by various scholars at various times throughout history. Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate (circa A.D. 331–363) and Calvinist theologian Isaac de La…

Christianity-QA Creation The Age of the Earth

What is the Gap Theory?

Genesis 1:1–2 states, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” The gap theory is the view that God created a fully functional earth with all animals, including…

Christianity-QA Creation The Age of the Earth

What is the God particle?

The “God particle” is the nickname of a subatomic particle called the Higgs boson. In layman’s terms, different subatomic particles are responsible for giving matter different properties. One of the most mysterious and important properties is mass. Some particles, like protons and neutrons, have mass. Others, like photons, do not. The Higgs boson, or “God…

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