The God of justice in the Bible would not allow sin, evil, and death any longer than necessary. There is good reason to believe that Scripture intends these to be literal days. The genealogies in Genesis 5 and 11 also favor a short time period since the creation. Theologically, then, a short-age model is the easiest to defend. Addressing the Conflict Conflict between science and revelation on time issues is very apparent and no clear final answer is currently available.
Human logic is limited to an assessment of our experiences.
Empirical evidence should be necessary for any belief system, and there is evidence that a totally naturalistic world view is insufficient. In addition, those with a Bible-based philosophical framework have found at least some empirical evidence that preferentially supports short ages and more that is at least consistent with it. Some of the scientific data can be interpreted in terms of life being young, but the matter of the earth being old. The old radiometric dates are then accepted as real, but not necessarily the age of rock deposition or of the constituent fossils. Scripture Reinterpretation Various theories have been suggested to harmonize the short ages of Scripture with the long scientific ages, each with its advantages and disadvantages.