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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
I believe in evolution. I want to make that clear when I say this next part.
I'm almost done watching this debate and I've yet to hear Ken Ham state that time is relative, and if time is relative it is possible that the ancient earth experienced time differently. Ergo, it's theoretically possible that our dating techniques are flawed if we believe time is a standard unit of measure. Therefore the Earth could only be 6,000 years old which is in accordance with the Bible.
Now I'm not a scientist but couldn't that theoretically be possible under the scientific method?
Again I believe in evolution, but I'm know there is a theory that time is relative, so basic debate would lead to the above question.
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I don't think you're framing the question correctly.
Reasonable Christians (by which I mean almost all of them other than a relatively small minority of fundamentalist extremists predominantly located in the USA)
do not believe that the universe is only 6,000 years old or that all of creation was completed in six literal 24-hour days.
What you're proposing is a "square peg in a round hole" explanation. One can still believe in God and the Abrahamic creation myth as told in Genesis 1 while also accepting the scientific evidence that the universe began with the Big Bang billions of years ago. Indeed, that is precisely what the vast majority of Christians believe.