Quote:Personally, I find the 24/7 view unconvincing in light of the evidence in creation itself, and I think the day-age view is a stretch to read the creation narratives literally. The bit about the recapitulation in days 1 and 4 and the kingdom-kings parallels that Kline lays out are the most persuasive parts of the exegetical case he is making, IMHO, and then natural revelation pushes me toward a much older earth.
Is the framework view a valid possible reading of Gen. 1? I would say so. Is...the 24/7 view the only proper way to read the text? No. However, I still believe the 24/7 view, as I am not convinced by the various framework views.
BTW, you can find other articles on the framework view here, including another article summarizing the exegetical case more comprehensibly than Kline (though it argues for a 24/7 view where Kline leaves it open).
Quote:I agree that creation scientists have done a lot of work here, but I also agree with Hugh Ross that much of their work is -- to put a find point on it -- unconvincing junk science. (He actually said their work "lacks integrity", but I think they have simply read things according to their preconceived ideas -- just as secular scientists do.) The most impressive evidence to me is astronomy, not least because I fancy myself an amateur astronomer and have done a good bit of reading on the subject. As Ross says, astronomy is the only branch of science that actually allows us to look back in time since some of the light that reaches our telescopes today started its journey a long time ago. That gives us a literal window into the past. So, did God create the light from these stars and galaxies en route to us 10000 years ago to make it look as though it were coming from 9 billion years ago? That just doesn't sit well with me. The heavens declare the glory of God, and they do so honestly.
I also am not convinced that a young earth is ruled out by scientific evidence, as the creation science folks have done a lot of work in this area.
