My Biblical Worldview

Through the material taught in creation studies, I have expanded my biblical worldview and strengthened my trust in the redeeming power of God as the perfect creator. As I conducted my interviews, I realized many people are uninformed on the biblical creation accounts and there do not understand they are compromising with evolution. There were four main question that this course answered –How long were the days in Genesis 1? How old is the earth and life? Does man and apes share a common ancestor? Were Adam and Eve real people? The length of the days in Genesis is highly debated because creationist and evolution interrupt the word “day” differently in the biblical passage. The Bible says, “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

The first lady I interviewed say the earth is 6,000 years old because the genealogies given in the Bible and the time frame since the global flood. The second lady was unsure because she has never researched the age of the earth and never considered it necessary to think about age of the earth. The man I interviewed was my 9th grade science teacher and he said that the earth is about 10,000 years old because of genealogies written in the Bible. Stars are millions of light year away and thus it would take millions of years for the light to reach earth. Thus, evolutionist believe that the earth is millions of years old because light is reaching earth. However, this theory falls through when we realize that the speed of light may not be constant so we must consider time dilation to be a factor and light speed up the closer to gravity it becomes. Creationist also believes that the decay rate of rocks have increased over time so radiometric dating of fossil is not accurate. Based on radiometric dating, Carbon 14 is 300 million years old and should be extinct, but carbon 14 is found in diamonds. The evidence to support an old earth creation is inconsistent. I would tell the lady that was unsure the age of the earth that scripture should inform our interpretation of scientific evidence not the other way around. Christians must stand firm on the authority of the Bible or scripture will fall through. Adam and Eve were created on the sixth day meaning the earth was created 144 hours before God created Adam and Eve. This proves the young earth interpretation of creation and the age of the earth is about 6,000 years old tracing all the way back to Adam and