Originally Posted by cih1355

The days of creation in Genesis are qualified by the expression, "...there was evening and morning...". Hence, those days are literal, 24-hour days.

According to the first chapter of Genesis, plants and animals reproduce after their kind. I think creationists believe that two organisms are of the same kind if they can produce viable offspring. If the theory of macroevolution were true, then plants and animals would change beyond the limits of their kind.