Biblical Young Earth
   Creationism

... A literal interpretation of Genesis 1.

The young earth creation perspective is the result of a literal interpretation of the description of creation in Genesis 1. The Bible says that the world was created in 6 days with the many life forms required have a functional ecosystem. Subsequently a genealogy from Adam to Jesus can be used to easily calculate the age of the world. According to this Biblical chronology, the universe and the earth were created approximately 6000 years ago.

The language of the Bible is quite specific about the age of the world. We must also remember that God created time and language, and described the creation period in terms we could correlate to our definitions of time. The description of the creation very specifically defines the work performed during the length of time we equate to a solar day, and confirms the amount of elapsed time on each occasion with the phrase "And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day".

Genesis 1:5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day. (Exodus 20:11, 31:17)

Although there are a great many Christians who have accepted the secular scientific communities assessments of the age of the earth, the majority of creation scientists are young-earth creationist. Other than the interpretation of the "days of creation", the other major point of contention between young and old-earth advocates is the global flood of Noah. The Bible says there was a devastating global flood that is most likely responsible for the layers of sediments and fossils known of as the geological column. Although some try to interpret these passages as describing a local flood, the text clearly states that all the high mountains were covered to a depth of more than 20 feet. The catastrophe was so devastating that nothing could survive without supernatural intervention via the ark. This event can simply not be interpreted by a naturalist, but instead the conclusion has been drawn that the deposits from the flood accumulated slowly and gradually at a rate that the animals alive today could have survived naturally.

Genesis 7:19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. 20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet.

Our earth has the appearance of great age because it was created fully mature, and subsequently experienced a devastating flood.  The history of our world cannot be correctly interpreted from physical evidence without recognizing it has experienced acts of supernatural intervention. Today, the scientific community is largely atheistic and adamant that natural processes alone must be used to explain the earth's history. Do not so quickly accept an interpretation from someone who, although intelligent, can not see the evidence of intelligent design all around them.

Articles Supporting a Recent Creation

• 17 Evidences Against Evolution by Kevin Martin
• 6 Literal Creation Days by Apostle Randy Muse. Explores the time gap theory of Genesis 1:1-2 strictly
  from a biblical standpoint.
• 7 Reasons Why the Earth is Young - Creation vs Evolution by Vance Ferrel
• A Test of Time - Book by David Rohl on Old Testament History
• Age of the Earth: Debate between Gish and Ross
• Age of The Earth by Walter Veith
• Age of the Earth - Limiting Factors
• Age of the Earth, Medical Science, Adam, Eve, Eden and the Flood by Joseph Mastropaolo and Karl Priest
• An Age-Old Question A Review of the Age of the Earth by Brown, R. H.
• Assumptions of Radiometric Dating by Doug Sharp
• Charts: Early Human Lifespans
• Constancy of the Velocity of Light
• Coal Evidence for a Young Earth
• Could the events on the 6th day have occurred in a 24 hour day by Christian Answers Net
• Creation VS Evolution: The Gap Theory Explained by Mark E. Howerter
• Does God Expect Man to be Able to Tell Time? The Age of the Earth and the Future of the Earth by James Sundquist
• earthage.org resource site by Randy Berg
  • Polystrate  Fossil  Trees
  • Unfossilized  Dino  Bones
• Earth History The History of the Earth from a Christian perspective
• Earth's Early History by Lambert Dolphin
• Evidence for a Young Earth by Dr. Russell Humphreys
• Evidence for a Young Earth and Universe
• Evidence for a young world A list of natural phenomena which conflict with billions of years by ChristianAnswers.Net
• Evidence for a Young World by Russell Humphreys, Ph.D. ICR IMPACT No. 384 June 2005
Creation Research Science Education Foundation
• Evolution and the Population Problem by Henry M. Morris - ICR Impact 21
• Examination of Proofs of a Young Earth Critical review by the Ontario Consultants for Religious Tolerance
• Exploding stars point to a young universe!! by AIG
• Fast and Young! Evidence for a Young Earth By Anti-Creationist, William D. Stansfield
• Genesis Chronology - According to the Miao People of South China by Bernard E. Northrup
• Gravitational Time-Dilation by Robert A. Hermann
• How Good Are Those Young-Earth Arguments? Refutes Dr. Hovind's young earth arguments.
• Is the Bible clear about the age of the earth and universe by Christian Answers Net
• Is the Earth Young? Article by David Plaisted
• Is the Universe Young? Article by David Plaisted
• It's a young earth by Steve Grohman
• It's a Young World After All!! using Biblical chronology to calculate the age of the earth
• It's a Young Earth After All seminar presentation in PDF format by Rich Overman
• On the Constancy of the Speed of Light Article by Alan Montgomery and Lambert Dolphin
• Six days? Honestly! by Christian Answers Net
• Summary of Scientific Evidence for Creation - Bliss/Gish ICR Impact 95 - 96
• Ten dangers of theistic evolution by Christian Answers Net
• The Age of the Earth Bible Studies on the Internet
• The Age of the Earth by James Bendewald
• The Age of the Earth by the Anti Creation Talk Origins Archive
• The Age of the Earth? Our Calender?
• The Age of the Earth by the Creation/Evolution Encyclopedia
• The Age of the Universe by the Creation/Evolution Encyclopedia
• The Earth's Magnetic Field is Young by Russell Humphreys - ICR Impact 242
• The Earth's Young Magnetic Field byTrevor Major, M.Sc., M.A.
• The Sea's Missing Salt A Dilemma For Evolutionists Steven A. Austin, Ph.D
• D. Russell Humphreys, Ph.D.1
• The Sun is Shrinking by Russel Akridge - ICR Impact 82
• The Time Dimension by Dr. A.E. Wilder Smith
• The Uniqueness of Creation Week by Lambert Dolphin
• The Young Age of the Earth
• The Young Earth - ICR IMPACT No. 17 August 1974 by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D. Lists 76 physical processes indicating a young age for the earth.
• The Young Faint Sun Paradox and the Age of the Solar System by Danny Faulkner ICR Impact 300
• Time and Eternity Young Earth/Old Universe Interpretation
• Tree Rings and Biblical Chronology by Frank Lorey ICR Impact 252
• Was the fourth day of creation twenty-four hours by Christian Answers Net
• What Difference A Day Makes by David Menton
• What is the "gap" theory? by Christian Answers Net
• What is progressive creationism? by Christian Answers Net
• What significance do radio halos hold for recent creation by Christian Answers Net
• World Population Since Creation by Lambert Dolphin
• Young age of the Earth-Universe, evidence by AIG for a young earth from Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Botany, Geology, Glaciology, Human History, Oceanography
• Young Age of the Moon and Earth by Thomas G. Barnes ICR Impact 110
• Young Earth Evidence: FAST and Young! by William Stansfield
• Young Earth Evidence Rapid formation of layers and strata
• Young World Evidence - ChristianAnswers.Net