Creationism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Day-age creationism==== {{Main|Day-age creationism}} Day-age creationism, a type of old Earth creationism, is a metaphorical [[Biblical exegesis|interpretation]] of the creation accounts in [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]]. It holds that the six days referred to in the Genesis account of creation are not ordinary 24-hour days, but are much longer periods (from thousands to billions of years). The Genesis account is then reconciled with the [[age of the Earth]]. Proponents of the day-age theory can be found among both theistic evolutionists, who accept the [[scientific consensus]] on [[evolution]], and [[Progressive creationism|progressive creationists]], who reject it. The theories are said to be built on the understanding that the Hebrew word ''[[yom]]'' is also used to refer to a time period, with a beginning and an end and not necessarily that of a 24-hour day. The day-age theory attempts to reconcile the [[Genesis creation narrative]] and modern science by asserting that the creation "days" were not ordinary 24-hour days, but actually lasted for long periods of time (as day-age implies, the "days" each lasted an age). According to this view, the sequence and duration of the creation "days" may be paralleled to the scientific consensus for the age of the [[age of the earth|earth]] and the [[age of the universe|universe]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page