Dissecting YEC – Where is the Divide (Part 1)

Let’s make one thing perfectly clear right from the start, unless YEC want to established themselves as the new Catholic church with Ken Ham as their Pope, take everything they say as just their opinions. I say this not to be derisive but as a statement of fact. Almost universally the recent YEC will claim they are the only ones who uphold the truth of the Bible and the sole people who knows what the Bible says especially in Genesis 1-11. They don’t even say they are interpreting Genesis. In their mind what they say is actually what the Bible said.

What’s amusing is that some people think that it’s as if simply stating this obvious truth (that the Hebrew word used for day in Genesis 1 [Yom] can mean something other than a literal day) is some resounding rebuttal to the plain reading of the Genesis text (and all the other pertinent passages from the entire body of Scripture) that clearly teaches that God created in six literal days.

Young Earth Creationists Bias

and dare I say duplicity. Here is a debate between Hugh Ross & Eric Hovind on the Age of the Earth. Here is the article on Eric Hovind's website on…

YEC Error

Is Genesis 1 Literal, Literalism, or Literalistic? Young Earth Creationists like to claim they are the only Christians who hold the truth of the Bible. And they claim that science…