Does the Bible say the Earth was created in 6 days, 6000 years ago?

There are others. God repents all the time for the mistakes that he makes. In fact, Genesis 2 shows god making blunder after blunder. First he makes a human male but then notes that he made a mistake by making him alone. So he tries to find a companion for the man and creates a bunch of animals but then notes that he made a mistake by making animals rather than another human. Only then does he finally get it right by making a second human.

I think he repented that he gave it to me.

Peg writes:Why would we not apply ancient styles of writing to Moses work, but apply it to all other ancient texts???

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

lyx2no writes:Could He have not made the branches higher, men more conscientious ” and before the free will crowd pipes in; more thoughtful is not the equivalent of mindless robot ” shrouded the plain in dust, and back up the Bible with evidence.

And without faith it is impossible to please God.

God said the evening and the morning constituted the first day.He did not say the evening and the evening constituted the first day.God declared the first day ended when morning came.

Would he have given it to you if he knew what you were going to do with it?

Several times now I have seen someone use an anecdote like that one as an analogy to something God did. No analogy of this type can work, however, because the actors of the anecdotes aren't omniscient; whereas, God is.

God knew that Adam was going to eat from the tree, that men were going to be wicked, that Lot's wife was going to turn back, and that I would give no more credence to the Bible than I do to Marvel Comics.

Yet He ousted Adam,

Flooded the Earth,

turn Irit into a pillar of salt,

and is biding His time to send me to Hell.

There is no heaven until god creates it. There is no earth until god creates it. Those events happen on the second and third days, respectively.

So if god repents for a mistake that he made, then he shows himself to be incapable of saving you and giving you eternal life?

There are others. God repents all the time for the mistakes that he makes. In fact, Genesis 2 shows god making blunder after blunder. First he makes a human male but then notes that he made a mistake by making him alone. So he tries to find a companion for the man and creates a bunch of animals but then notes that he made a mistake by making animals rather than another human. Only then does he finally get it right by making a second human.

Certainly anyone with any intellect at all can see that from an omnipotent perspective, these statements are to be understood as anthropomorphic in character. Gods overall all plan in history, peoples lives and in human affairs is put in such a way so we can look at it from our perspective. Example:"The EYES of the Lord are over all the righteouss, his EARS are open unto thier prayers, but the FACE of the Lord is against them which do evil".God is Spirit, they that worship him must worship him in spirit and truth.We can only understand communication through these means, so Gods characteristics are represented in a way we can understand. Those passages that characterize God as implying he made mistakes should be understood in the same context. Its part of a plan that involves free will, yet God knows his plan from the beginning andits purpose to fulfillment. How could omnipotence do otherwise.

Genesis 18:20-21 writes:Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

Ezekiel 5:12-15 writes:Eat the food as you would a barley cake; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel." The LORD said, "In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them." Then I said, "Not so, Sovereign LORD! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth"."Very well," he said, "I will let you bake your bread over cow manure instead of human excrement."

And this would just be your subjective interpretation of this scripture Bertot. You do not have any more of a leg to stand on than they way in which Rhains interpreted this scripture.

Here are some more instances of God changing his mind or seeming not be as omniscient as modern Christians make him out to be:
Genesis 18:20-21 writes:
Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."God states that he will go down to Sodom and Gomorrah to determine if the city is as wicked as it seems to be.

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God relates to us in human termsAnthropomorphism comes from two Greek words: anthropos (man) and morphe (form). Therefore, an anthropomorphism is when God appears to us or manifests Himself to us in human form or even attributes to Himself human characteristics. We see this all over the Bible -- and rightly so. After all, we cannot ascend to where God is, but He can descend to where we are.
Following are a few verses from the Bible that ascribe to God human actions, attributes, and emotions. Remember, God works with us in our time frame. He has endured not only eternity, but also human history as He moves through it and through and with people to bring about His sovereign will and purpose. Should we then assume that God would not relate to us in terms familiar to our own actions? And should we not also assume that in so doing God will present aspects of Himself to us that would be paradoxical? Take for example the fact that God is all powerful (Jer. 32:17,27 ), yet He rests (Gen. 2:2). We see that God is in all places (Psalm 139:7-12), yet He asks Adam, "Where are you?" (Gen. 3:9). We see that God knows all things (1 John 3:20). Yet, we see that God says, "Now I know that you fear God..." (Gen. 22:12).
If, as the Open Theist wants to assert that God does not know all future events because He says, for example, to Abraham, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me,” (Gen. 22:12) then can we also not assert that since God asks "Adam, where are you?" that God is not in all places since if God was in all places He would know exactly where Adam was? Or if God rests that does it mean that God is not all powerful? Of course not. Open Theism simply reduces the attribute of God's omniscience by exalting the condition of man's freedom. Whenever man is exalted, God must be lessened. This is the fundamental problem in Open Theism: It raises man's sovereignty so much, that God's qualities and attributes must be lessened; namely, God is not all knowing.
Following are various verses that demonstrate God's human-like manifestation to us in actions, emotions, and physique. Thus we can see that such condescension on God's part to us will naturally result in God saying things that will require a deeper examination.Human actions - changed mind, relented, remembered, rested
Exodus 32:14, "So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people."
2 Sam. 24:16, "When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your hand!”
Gen. 9:16, “When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”
Gen. 2:2, "And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done."
Human emotions - sorrow, jealousy, pity, regret
Gen. 6:6, "And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart."
Exodus 20:5, "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me."
Judges 2:18, "...for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them."
1 Sam. 15:35, "And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel."
Human physique - hands, face, mouth, eyes, arm.
Exodus 7:5, "And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.”
Num. 6:24, "The Lord make His face shine on you, and be gracious to you."
Psalm 33:6, "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host."
Psalm 34:15, "The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry."
Psalm 89:10, "Thou Thyself didst crush Rahab like one who is slain;
Thou didst scatter Thine enemies with Thy mighty arm."
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Darn it. I was really hoping for a response from Rrhain, but I suppose yours will have to do for now. Im hesitant to respond to yours because they demonstrate a bit of simplicity and immaturity that is hard to get use to. Besides this your debating skills are sloppy, inefficient and a bit lacking in understanding. No No No, dont get mad I am just kiding, there squidward. I like to add a bit of humor to an otherwise tense situation. You know that male jousting thingy...Come on DA use that Navy knogin.

And ad hominum attacks do nothing to bolster your position. They just make you look arrogant and condescending. If you are trying to convert me you are doing a pitiful job at it.

BTW, I have been called worse both in and outside the Navy, so it really doesn't matter what you say to me, I don't take it personally, but when you insult me it just hurts your own position and makes it look like your another pompous, self-righteous, religious jerk on the Internet.

Also, I used CARM alot as well when I was a Christian. It is a good fallback when in attempting to justify many of the Bible's inconsistencies. Here is another good Christian apologetics website that I once used: Christian Research Institute.