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

Rrhain is just providing the standard creationist literal interpretation of Genesis. If you want to call this literal interpretation nonsense then we agree, but it's creationist nonsense. It's your fellow creationists you have to convince it is nonsense, not us.Young Earth creationists select one way of literally interpreting Genesis, old Earth creationists another, with the latter being the less literal. Given the freedom creationists grant themselves in interpreting scripture, it can be argued (and is, interminably) that the Bible says any number of things, including that the Earth is 6000 years old on the one hand and billions of years old on the other, and anywhere in between.What does the Bible actually say about the age of the Earth? Given that it's not a science book: nothing very useful. There are some simple facts, like that the Earth must be at least as old as the people who wrote the Bible, but that's about it.--Percy

But Genesis starts with "In the beginning." How is it not about the original creation? Let me briefly drop into Admin mode. You're not anywhere remotely close to the topic. Please do not contribute to topic drift.--Percy

That's one interpretation, but there are many others.One way of maintaining the illusion of Biblical inerrancy is by interpreting Genesis 1 as describing something other than a six day creation 6000 years ago, which obviously did not happen. If this traditional fundamentalist interpretation is wrong then it isn't science you have to convince. We don't we care, since from a scientific standpoint it's all just religious mythology. It's fundamentalists you have to persuade.--Percy