A Reformed, Biblical Defence of Young Earth Creationism
Six Day Creationism -- Biblical, Practical, Necessary,Historic, and -- most importantly -- Christ centered; the scientific evidence is merely a bonus -Leslie
Originally published by The Chalcedon Foundation
Literal, Six-Day Creation and the Local Church
Charles A. McIlhenny
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I take a literalist position on the creation account not because I like "literalism," nor because literalism is the only logical-rational defense against irrationalism, liberalism, and cultism; nor do I hold it for some unreasoning "fundamentalist" prejudice against secular science. I take a literalist position on creation because upon investigation of the exegetical argument, I found that this view was consistent with the rest of SCRIPTURE, without apologies to science. And the literalist position is also consistent with the Westminster Confession of Faith which states clearly and concisely, ". . . in the space of six days. . ." (Chap. IV, para. 1).
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