The Days of Creation in Genesis 1 were not Literal 24-hr days like we have today.

5 - My opponent qualified his entire argument at the end: "If this interpretation is correct..." But if your interpretation is not correct, and based on the Global Flood it need not be, then your answer will not accurately reflect reality. My opponent has not explained how we find fossils across several layers within these 'varves,' when fossilization requires rapid burial in order to occur. If these thin layers represented years at a time, these fossils simply could not exist in their condition. While many explenations may explain what we observe, it need not be, necessarily, millions of years. (44; 45; 46)3 6 - I had three sources for that claim, not just RATE. Regardless, I've spoken personally with some of the individuals involved in the program, and I understand what it is they teach and believe. Everything they've taught is open for evaluation and interpretation. One is free to review as he deems fit. The important detail in that quote you brought up is 'at today's rate.' Which we do not believe to be consistent based upon a Biblical interpretation of history. Ultimately my opponent has brought up no real points against the sources used, especially the ones he did not even mention.4 7 - Then it seems that the speed of light has remained constant, at least relatively. I don't feel as though this point is worth arguing though, as mentioned before there is no shortage of explanations, and it doesn't really conflict with the Bible.5 8 - The majority of my points on the ice layers went unrefuted, as the same problem still exists with my opponent. (47) I'll present some more issues with dating these layers in this manner. There are fleshy and frozen soft tissue remains found in the Arctice Circle. We have dozens of mammoths and rhinos found here too. (48) Several animals such as horses, oxen, wolverines, voles, squirrels and bison have been found here too. (49) Now if all of these animals lived here, there are some questions that the evolutionist must answer. How did these warm climate animals survive in the cold weather? Where did they get food? The average elephant needs over 300 lbs of food daily. (50) Where did it come from? Where did these animals get water? How does the evolutionist explain the suddent freezing of animals with food still in their mouth? Why do we find evidence of them dying in summer or fall? (51) According to the evolutionist, the mammoths lived around a couple thousand years ago. (52) If this is true, they existed in this harsh winter climate, which they're not built for. The Flood makes perfect sense of all of this.6 9 - Just because the seventh day is not literal says nothing about the other six. The seventh day does not contain the phrase 'and the evening and the morning...' nor does it ever indicate that the day was over. The other six contain the phrase 'and the evening and the morning were the x day.'10 - The Feast of Tabernacles does not say 'For in 8 days you wandered the wilderness.' The account in exodus states: "For in six days God made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh he rested." This makes perfect sense of what we see; six 24 hour days, and on the eve of the seventh day God rested, and he never stopped.Leviticus 25 is copying this same phenomenon. It does not say 'for in 6 days God created the world, therefore you will work for 6 years.' It simply uses the 6:1 ratio that God seems fond of. Sabbath means period of rest. (53) So this says nothing of creation.Ecodus is the only one that states 'For in six days God created...therefore you likewise in six days will work.' We do not see that specific type of wording anywhere else, to refer to anything else.It is possible that young earth creationists are wrong. I never claimed my interpretation was infallible. That's why I'm having this debate: To have my view challenged and to see which view makes more sense. I do not think you can compare creation to heliocentricity though. If sufficient evidence for the Big Bang surfaces, I would gladly get on board with it. The problem is I do not see this evidence in either the Bible or in Science.Jesus, and many of his followers, were jews. Not all of them rejected the Messiah. The New Testament writers did feel it important to address reincarnation actually. (54) Not all of the church fathers were unified, but the general interpretation, as shown in my previous sources, was a calender week. Even some of those names you listed did appeal to this view. Since you didn't cite your sources though, there's no way for me to compare the validity of the claims. I must therefore assume I'm correct here. These views are not inspired, but seeing as these people lived much closer to Christ and the Apostles than we did, it is only logical to assume they had good interpretations for many things.I wouldn't say there's a big conspiracy going on. There may be demonic influence in the theory of evolution, but I'm in no position to make such a claim. The problem is if you remove the Bible from science, you're going to come to weird conclusions. It's the natural conclusion from a natural world. I don't think we live in a natural world though, so why should I trust a natural conclusion?Unfortunately, I do not believe the Bible leaves the option of long ages open to us. The Bible teaches that the world began in paradise. The world teaches we began as a molten blob. You must accept death, disease, and pain as "very good" as a Progressive Creationist. (55) This also means God declared our broken world full of natural disaster and cruelty as good several times in a row. (56) But this is all contrary to what Scripture teaches. (57; 58; 59) What are we to make of the geneology's in the Bible if they are not accurate for us to use? (60) I do not think one can justify billions of years either biblically or scientifically. I look forward to the final round of the debate, and a fruitful conclusion to what we've both discussed so far.(44) - https://answersingenesis.org...(45) - http://www.creationliberty.com...(46) - https://creation.com...(47) - https://creation.com...(48) - http://www.creationscience.com...(49) - http://www.creationscience.com...;(10-15)(50) - http://www.nationalelephantcenter.org...(51) - http://www.creationscience.com...(52) - http://io9.gizmodo.com...(53) - https://www.merriam-webster.com...(54) - https://www.biblegateway.com...(55) - http://biblehub.com...(56) - https://www.biblegateway.com...(57) - https://www.biblegateway.com...(58) - https://www.biblegateway.com...(59) - https://www.biblegateway.com...(60) - https://www.biblegateway.com...