Problematic Views of Creation

•   Evolutionary scientists now claim that the earth is 4½ billion years old.

•   Christians who hear this claim sometimes try to reinterpret the Bible so as to allow for these long ages (rather than question the evolutionists’ claim).

•   Invariably such an approach leads to an interpretation that contradicts the clear teaching of the scriptures.

•   The three most common views held by Christians who try to read long ages into the Bible are:

•   Theistic Evolution: God used Evolution.

•   The “Gap” Theory: There is a time “gap” between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2.

•   The Day-Age (“Progressive Creationist”) View:  The “days” of Genesis 1 are indefinitely long ages.