Hi Coyote,
Coyote writes:
What does any of that have to do with fossils?
From a Biblical point of view everything.
If the Bible tell us that the Heavens and the Earth is only 6 to 10 thousand years old it contradicts science.
If as I have put forth the Bible tell us that the Heaven and the Earth was created in the beginning with a period of light that lasted an unspecified period prior to Genesis 1:2 and ended with the darkness found there, then there is no contradiction of science by the Bible.
The history of the day God created the Heaven and the Earth is given in Genesis 2:4-4:24. In that history mankind was formed from the dust of the ground as was all other creatures.
According to the Bible text there was at least one extinction event that occured prior to Genesis 1:2 and depending on how long that period of darkness had lasted would determine the extent of that extinction.
Could there have been more events such as that extinction? Sure there could have been many. God is eternal so we have eternity past which had lasted from the beginning until God declared the light period which had ended with the dark period of Genesis 1:2 day one which our translators translated the first day. God's declaration of day one is for the benefit of modern mankind so we can regulate our lives.
The fossils that you and others dig up and examine are of creatures who have lived in the past. You and others try to put dates on when they existed. That date makes no difference to me or the Bible as you are dating existence.
The fossils that you line up and tell me they have simularaties and therefore are descended from a common ancestor is your opinion. That makes sense to you as it fits your worldview.
They could have been created by a creator and lived at different times and became extinct in any extinction event that science tells us has taken place, or died of natural causes.
The history of the creating of mankind and creatures begins in Genesis 2:7 and does not end until 6 to 10 thousand years ago which is recorded in Genesis 2:2.
The Hebrew word translated rested that many make a fuss over being the sabbath means cease, desist, and then rest. So God ceased His creating at that time and has not created since.
So any fossil that you or anyone could find, could have been created between the beginning and Genesis 2:2.
We have trillions of gallon of oil in the earth much natural gas and coal. It took trillions upon trillions of tons of mass to form these fuels. Many of them are buried miles deep in the earth. So the mass had to exist then be covered by material that formed rock miles thick.
Where did all that material come from?
The Bible allows plenty of time for such a process to take place.
So what is said in the text has everything to do with fossils.
God Bless,
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