As to the first comment, yes, a very extraordinary day. But, you almost have to employ phenomenological language anchronistically when describing that which happened BEFORE the sun was created. Even Big Bangers use conventional time markers to portray the age of the universe. And, if our sun is a relatively recent creation in cosmic history (according to them) we are using "years" anachronistically to measure the passage of days prior to the creation of the sun in our solar system. So, yes, even with the Big Bangers, you must speak of "days" prior to the creation of our sun.

Secondly, the framework view is a literary, not scientific, theory . . . granted. But, most of the people who see Genesis in terms of a literary reading seem to do so because they want to accommodate the billions of years of scientific "consensus." Otherwise, the normal reading of Genesis would militate against looking for a more elegant/complicated theory (Ockham's razor).

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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