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Young Earth is Essential to Biblical Belief?

First Published 2006

     In an article on the Creation, Dinosaurs and the Flood website, young earth creation science advocate Charlie Liebert tries to argue that young earth belief is essential to Biblical belief.¹
     To support his belief, he uses two points. First, he uses the death before sin issue. Since I (and millions of others) believe in the inerrant Bible, and death before sin, we directly testify that you can believe in death before sin and the Bible. Liebert says that we have to explain how we can have a better place in heaven than Adam had in Eden. Why? Eden was a separate Garden, separate from the rest of the world (Genesis 2:8). The conditions of Eden were paradise, just as Liebert (and old earth creationists) believe. There is no disconnect here. Second, many creationists say that death before sin invalidates Jesus' death. There is no logic to support this argument. Whether or not there was death before sin, we all are going to die, and we all need rescuing from that death. Death before sin makes no difference. For more proof, see the Death Before Sin topic page.
     The second argument Liebert uses is the "very good" argument. He says "EVERYTHING was VERY GOOD. This expression implies a perfect Creation with no sin, death, rebellion." No it does not imply a perfect creation...it implies a "very good" creation. God could have easily said "It was perfect." He did not. God created a fully functioning ecosystem, with death, decay, and renewal through the chain of life. It was very good. If there were no decay, there could be no renewal. Many old earth believers do think Eden was perfect, but not the whole creation (however, God never calls Eden perfect).
     These are not violations of God's Word as Liebert claims...they are violations of the young earth interpretation of God's Word. God's Word, in its original writings, was inerrant and perfect, but we still have fallible man (old and young earth creationists alike) who have to interpret what God's Word means. Young earth creationists feel that they have it right, so they present their position as the "absolute truth" of the Bible, even though it is merely their interpretation of the Bible.
     The real test is the Holy Spirit. The Spirit does not convict believers concerning the age of the earth, therefore this issue is unimportant to the theology of the Bible. For more, see God Doesn't Care about Creation.

¹ Why is a Young Earth Essential to Biblical Belief?, originally published on the web at sixdaycreation.com/facts/creation/general/oct2002.html

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