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Young earth creationists false teaching harming Gods Kingdom

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Channel: Contrarian Christianity · 2010 · Education

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I explain in this video why it is that the story of creation cannot be refering to a literal 6 day period for creation.

If you google the Hebrew definition of the word day you will find some interesting facts. Here are a couple of links to start with, followed by some of the info found there.
http://www.godandscience.org/youngearth/sixdays.html

http://www.answersincreation.org/word_study_yom.htm

The word day comes from the Hebrew word yom. It has 5 different meanings. 
"It can denote: 1. the period of light (as contrasted with the period of darkness), 2. the period of twenty-four hours, 3. a general vague "time," 4. a point of time, 5. a year 

Here are some examples of the word yom used in scripture to mean something other than a 24 hr period.

TIME 
In 67 verses in the Old Testament, the word Yom is translated into the English word "time." For instance, in Genesis 4:3, it says "And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord." 

YEAR 
Four times in the Old Testament Yom is translated "year." 

AGE 
Eight times in the Old Testament Yom is translated "age." 

SEASON 
Three times yom is translated "season." 

So you see, there is a lot of evidence pointing to the word yom (day) meaning something other than a 24 hr period. 

The story of creation is done to establish the days of the week and the sabbath, as well as explain the fall of man. It was never intended to be a full and concise explaination of how God created the universe, or how long it took him to do it.

Gen 1: 9 -12 tells us that in the third day God created the plants. And it explains in verse 12 the cycle of seeds to plant to seeds to plant as happening on that day. So in describing the full cycle, it must be refering to more than a 24 hr period. 
Clearly, the appropriate word translation for the Hebrew word "yom" should be "age". But because the story also explains the days of the week and the importance of the sabbath the word "day" is used. But it is not used to suggest 24 hours.

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