Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
If you are a creationist like myself, you believe God created a mature man (Adam). I also believe God created a mature universe with a mature Earth in that universe. Did God create Earth 6000 or so years ago? I have no idea bc "With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day." (2 Peter 3:8). If believing God created us makes me "stupid", so be it
Sounds like a bunch of hoops you are trying to jump through. Maybe God created the earth and universe 5 billion years ago. Maybe the men who wrote the story, 5000 years was as big of a number that they knew?