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| The [[Earth]] is approximately 4.6 billion years old. The universe is approximately 13.7 billion years old. [[Radiometric dating]] is an accurate means of determining the age of the Earth. | | The [[Earth]] is approximately 4.6 billion years old. The universe is approximately 13.7 billion years old. [[Radiometric dating]] is an accurate means of determining the age of the Earth. | ||
| God created life on Earth slowly and gradually, over millions and billions of years, either by means of evolution or by waiting millions of years between acts of creation. | | God created life on Earth slowly and gradually, over millions and billions of years, either by means of evolution or by waiting millions of years between acts of creation. | ||
|The [[days of creation]] in Genesis represent long periods of time, not literal 24-hour days. To support this, [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2pe%203&version=31 2 Peter 3 | |The [[days of creation]] in Genesis represent long periods of time, not literal 24-hour days. To support this, [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2pe%203&version=31 2 Peter 3:8] is often cited. Young-earth creationists, however, maintain that this is a misquotation, and that the verse is intended as an expression of the timelessness of God, not as a guideline to interpret the 'days' of Genesis (or the 'days' of any other part of the Bible, for that matter). | ||
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| Theistic Evolution | | Theistic Evolution | ||
