Why is there a seemingly
endless debate between
Science and the Bible?
Why do so many Christians find it necessary
to rationalize their way around
the literal interpretation of this scripture?
Does anyone think Adam, was created as a baby?
Of COURSE not!
If Adam was created a mature, full grown man...
What about the REST of creation?
God created a mature earth.
Consider for a moment that you were to arrive on earth
the day after God rested from creation.
We'll call it "Day 8." You look around...
What does this 8 day old earth look like?
Is it all seedlings and sprouts, baby animals?
No, there are mature plants and animals.
How did they survive?
What does a mature oak tree need to survive?
Where does a mushroom grow?
What does a termite eat?
All these require DECAYED material.
Where did this decayed material come from?
You see, on Day 8, EARTH WAS OLD.
If not, it would have failed,
because it would have been ecologically unsound.
A forest cannot survive without mature plants and trees,
many seedlings need their shade.
And mature plants and trees cannot survive
without decayed plants and trees!
Consider this.... how deep is the Milky Way?
Astronomers estimate that the other side of our galaxy
is 100,000 Light-years away.
So, how can we see those stars,
if the light from them HAS NOT REACHED HERE?
God created those stars with their light already on the way!
This is the reason that legitimate, honest scientist believe
that they have found evidence the earth is very old;
because that is the way God created it.
Otherwise this ecosystem would have failed.
This "Mature Earth" concept reconciles the Word of God,
with the discoveries scientists have made.
God's Word is a true,
therefore our observations of reality must be interpreted
in the context of God's Word.