What the Bible Doesn't Say About Creation

As to the biblical facts, these come from what the text of scripture actually says. It says that God created all things, and that a creation took place in six days. It says that God created humanity in a special creation, not naturally, for his own purposes. It also says that all the earth’s creation was handed over to humanity to be under humanity’s rule.

What is remarkable is what the textual record does not say. Not only does it not indicate that the earth was created at approximately the same time as humanity, but it says that the earth, heavens and oceans already existed before the six day creation began. Thus, there is actually biblical evidence that counters a young earth theory along with all the interpretations that go with it. Also, the order of creation is not clear in Scripture, for while Genesis 1 is clear, the parallel creation account in Genesis 2 discusses a different order. Thus, the order must not be significant. There is little biblical evidence for a canopy of ice, dinosaurs existing at the same time as humans or other creation speculations. Certainly there is no evidence of this in the fossil record, and in fact the fossil record clearly speaks against a young earth, the Genesis 1 order of creation (in which day and vegetation exist before the sun), and dinosaurs and humans existing at the same time.