Those who believe in God understand that He is eternal; He always was and He always will be.
Yes, we all know that the earth is millions of years old. We all know that the universe is even older. We all know that creatures existed millions of years ago. We all know that creatures with human form but without many human attributes existed millions of years ago.
Perhaps Darwin erred when he took the modern translations of The Book of Genesis literally with respect to seven consecutive days constituting one week. Can anyone say with certainty that there is not confusion on that point?
If one reads the first verses of Genesis, one sees that the formation of the universe, earth and its development and population by the various species of flora, fauna, and marine life followed a pattern that has been confirmed by modern minds,
but which could never have been imagined, much less understood, by the scriveners of the Old Testament.
Today, we accept as fact that these things occurred not in rapid succession as we understand the term, but over a span of eons, which in terms of eternity, however, is perhaps, the equivalent of rapid succession, nonetheless.
Then, finally on that day, some six thousand years ago, God was ready to complete the lengthy 'project' and gave stewardship over all to Adam, His creation of the first intelligent man.
Had Darwin looked at it this way, there'd be nothing to discuss.
Book of Genesis
Chapter 1
1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
1:3
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
1:4
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
1:7
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
1:10
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
1:11
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:13
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
1:15
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
1:16
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
1:17
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
1:18
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
1:19
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
1:20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
1:21
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:22
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
1:23
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
1:24
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
1:25
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
