Also, scientists only have the present they do not have the past. It is important to note that back in the 1940's, college students were taught, as fact, that the earth and the universe were two billion years old and this was verified by several independent methods that gave the same date. Scientists should approach this issue cautiously, recognizing their own limitations. Because many people have this incorrect view of science, they believe that one has to interpret the Bible on the basis of this view. Thus they have put man in judgment of God.
Man becomes the authority.
The reason for death is tied up with the message of redemption. If one accepts billions or even millions of years for the age of the earth, then one has accepted death before Adam sinned. This is because, in the evolutionary scheme of things, the fossil record is thought to be millions of years in age, and that most of it existed before man evolved. Thus, to accept the evolutionists' view of the fossil record is to accept that death, over millions of years, led up to man. This is totally contrary to Scripture.