Belief In Young Earth

Question 1

I’m a Christian. What’s the big deal if I don’t believe in a young earth or a literal interpretation of Genesis?

Answer 1

It’s not a direct salvation issue, but it is an…
• authority issue
• contradiction issue

Question 2

What’s the authority issue if I don’t believe in a young earth?

Answer 2

• if don’t believe first part of bible, why believe rest of it?
millions of yrs doesn’t come from scripture
• puts man’s fallible ideas in authority over God’s word
• once do that, then what keeps from doing that in other areas? Subsequent generations then push it farther
• end result - authority of scripture lost
• once lose authority of scripture, then lose trust I the book
• once lose trust in the book, then why believe the gospel
• it then becomes a salvation issue

Question 3

What’s the contradiction issue if I don’t believe in a young earth?

Answer 3

• thorns - found in fossils before man, but not created until sin
• disease - found in fossils before man. When God finished creating man, he said everything be created was ‘very good’. If disease was part of that, then disease was ‘very good’?
• diet - before sin, everyone was vegetarians. Yet we find fossils eating each other, supposibly before man and sin?
• If millions of years, then there was death before sin. The Bible tells us death came after sin. Romans 12:5 back this up

Romans 5:12 backs this up