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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
If it were the other way around, then I would agree.
YEC is a small portion of the larger group.
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For the past few posts I've been talking about those who take the Bible literally. For those, the 7 days that God created the earth are exactly 7 days. The genelogies presented, the years described, the passage of time as given through the Torah to the New Testament add up to roughly 4000 years. Talk of the 6000 year number is often presented in sermons. I have been personally exposed to them in my lifetime. I've even turned on the TV in the middle of the night to find some televangelist talking about it. If almost a 3rd of Americans believe that the Bible is the literal inerrant word of God, that is not at all a SMALLER portion of the group. YEC is simply a movement designed to articulate the beliefs of those who fervently believe in the literal interpretation of the bible, especially in regard to science.