Part 2

The Creationist And The Bible

INTRODUCTION

Creationists are certain that the Bible is accurate,

authoritative and trustworthy in every field of knowledge, whether

that be theological, historical, scientific or any other. The

Bible contains a definite and precise chronological timetable that

begins with the creation of this world and the first man, Adam,

and covers the great historical events of the first 11,000 years

of history.(1)

Actually, evidence in the secular record is not at all in

disagreement with the sacred record, and the sacred record can be

used to place the secular record in proper perspective. Because

the Bible is true and accurate in its accounts of people, places

and time, men can use it to distinguish between what is true and

false about the secular viewpoints.

Data from the observable universe concerning the earth's past

history is becoming increasingly available as men search out the

secrets of the universe. But is the world far older than 13,000

years as deduced from Biblical evidence? Can creationists really

expect to find correlation between the Biblical and secular

records if they insist on the literal interpretation of the

creation story and the flood account? Isn't the evidence for a

world that is billions of years old so conclusive that it is

hardly possible even to expect complete reconciliation between the

Bible and true science?

A point must be emphasized. Because this world is under the

bondage of decay, with much of the record confused and obliterated

by storms, floods, decay, fire, pestilence, etc., modern man

cannot expect to resconstruct the history of the world in a

complete and detailed manner. But even so, some indication of the

timetable of the past should be obtainable from the secular

record.