Progressive Creationism
Progressive creationism is an interpretation of the biblical creation account which, like the day-age interpretation, attempts to harmonise the Bible with uniformitarian ideas about the age of the earth, while at the same time rejecting atheistic evolution.
It suggests that creation took place over a much longer period of time than the literal Garden of Eden six day account related in Genesis and Exodus, and, depending on the version, does not necessarily have the "days" in order.
A popular form of progressive creationism aligns the days of creation, in order, with ages of the prehistoric Earth. This is acomplished by taking the view that the Genesis account is given from the perspective someone on the surface of the Earth. Light on the first day is taken to be modification of the atmosphere to allow light to pass through to the Earth's surface. The uniniverse, sun, Earth, and moon, etc are all believed to have been created in the event of Gen 1:1, prior to the begining of the creation week. The order of the events in Genesis and the many predictions of past events match remarkably well with the geological record. [1]
Progressive creationists generally believe that a series of distinct creation events took place. Microevolution is sometimes included to one extent or another. But the common theme is that God is control of all of these processes.
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