A List of Proposed Biblical Reasons to Accept the Scientific View of the Age of the Earth (and Evolution)
As part of the “wrapping up” part of my inquiries here at BioLogos (having begun June 23rd), I want to compile a list of biblical interpretive options you have offered to help me past the obstacles identified in the OP. Please correct or add as necessary. I have not put these in any order.
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The John Walton View (espoused by @Chris_Falter and others)
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Viewing Gen 1-11 as “a different kind of history” (espoused by @Bill_II, @Casper_Hesp, and others)
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The Non-Moses View (seeing Gen 1-2 as a vision, and Ex 20:11 and Ex 31:17 as allusions to it, all 6th-century additions to Moses by Daniel or someone unknown (espoused by @Jonathan_Burke)
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The 1 Corinthians 9:20-22 View (espoused by @Swamidass and explained here)
Have I left out anyone’s view? Have I misrepresented, mislabeled, or misattributed anyone’s view?
Note: Based on responses to this list, I have been revising it. Therefore, what you read now is not exactly what was originally posted…but neither is it dramatically different.