Originally Posted by Tempest

You sort of missed my point... days 1 thru 5 could have been billions of man years... day 7 could have been a dozen years.. a hundred.. how "god" would think of time would be completely different than what we would think of it... when we write books, or outline a step by step process, we break it up into sections.. to indicate a start and a beginning.. there's no reason not to think that god partitioned up billions of years into "days" simply so we could comprehend things easier. Now here's another concept for all the "non-believers".. The bible doesn't say god created man "right" the first time.. He could very well have created many versions of man (thus the neandathals etc.) until he got it right... Religions think of god as a "perfect" being, one who doesn't make mistakes etc. But if that was so, then (and this is just 1 simple example) he would have known Adam needed a companion and would have created one right from the start instead of having to see if any of current creation would be a suitable companion and when not finding one, THEN creating woman...