The universe is old, but the exact age cannot be quantified with any known method, especially Radiocarbon dating using the carbon-14 method. There is the literal and implied message as promoted by written scripture. If you are a conservative, the written scripture is infallible and if you can question one word, all words are subject to question, therefore nothing should be questioned. Or you could be a liberal whereas the Biblios is the quintessential essence of truth, but subject to discretion regarding certain facts. One could say the Genesis account is literal, while another could say it is written for ease of understanding less the facts. I suggested that people need to look at the supernatural aspects of creations in combination of physics to realize that there are other options that are overlooked.
We coexist in a definitive linear time framework that is governed by the subjective laws and effects contained. The spiritual realm which eclipses our physical reality is infinite and not subject to time as we know it. If a person holds to the monotheistic God and accepts that incomprehensible power created all matter, then it is the same that can control all matter. In simple terms, the Creator could have breached the physics of our linear time confined by the physical realm and accelerate matter by time bursts in succession or over a span as some biblical accounts seem to imply. Science can accurately define cause and effect based on controlled criteria. However if the Deity of matter decided to alter any aspect of our physical dimension, man’s scientific laws would not be able to compensate by logic or methods of measurement. We have to remember that all things are subject to physics, mathematical measurements, geometrical dimensions, etc. Our physical domain is the absolute result of intelligent contrivance, not happenstance as the Abiogenesis so eloquently suggest.
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