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$\"\"$ Hopefully most readers will have realized that the above is parody. In fact, it is precisely the line of argument that some supporters<\/em> of Genesis (as they understand it) and young-earth creationism offer about mainstream science. A process involving billions of years and millions of generations is considered to diminish God\u2019s glory, from their perspective.<\/p>\n

The same could be said about having creation take six days instead of an instant.<\/p>\n

Surely the relevant question is not whether God could create in a certain period of time, but what the evidence is for the actual time that the universe has existed, and the earth, and life, and human beings.<\/p>\n

As for the alleged Biblical literalists<\/a>, if a shorter time frame glorifies God more, then why do you insist on treating the six days of Genesis 1 as literal, and the single day of creation in Genesis 2:4<\/a> as metaphorical?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll stick by half of my title. Young-earth creationists do<\/em> indeed demean God, by making God to seem as petty and as willing to deceive as they are.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"