It is said that the bible starts with a silly, unscientific story of how the world was made in seven days. Christians are disturbed by the fact that those who take the bible seriously do not agree on the creation account. Some think the only faithful interpretation is the young-earth, literal view of the Genesis days that was made famous by Archbishop Ussher (1581 – 1656) who gave 4004 BC as the date of the origin of the earth. His calculation, based on the days in Genesis 1 as twenty-four-hour days of one earth week at the beginning of the universe does not coincide with current scientific estimate of around four billion years.
Others hold the text can be understood in agreement with contemporary science. Such old earth creationists are split over the validity of Darwin's theory of evolution. Others argue that the Genesis account was written to communicate timeless theological truth and attempts to harmonies with science are misguided.
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