... if you consider the word "day" to mean "era". In that context, it fits perfectly. There was nothing, the big bang happened (presumingly with no light before that), the planets formed, creatures on Earth came into being and eventually man arrived. Man initially used clothing for warmth, not modesty. Some cultures STILL don't see clothing as having any purpose other than perhaps protecting the tender bits.
The problem I have with the "creationists" is their strict interpretation of what is clearly meant as an allegory. What's even worse is their assertion that fossils were put here to test our faith and that Noah had dinosaurs on the ark. I can understand believing that when you're three or four, but adults?
No the earth isn't flat. No the Sun doesn't revolve around Earth. No we aren't the center of the universe, not even of our own galaxie for that matter. I'm just stunned that people are so ignorant to support theories that have long-ago been disproven.
Now while I'm on the rant, Leviticus is mostly a list of protocols for maintaining health. The prohibition on shell fish and cloven hoove animal meat was for health matters. And yet so-called "Christians" will quote the passage about a "man to lie with a man" while snarfing down clams and waiting for the whole pig on a spit to finish roasting.
He's right. Teaching such garbage to children actually is a form of child abuse. Religious texts are meant to be interpreted, as is our own constitution. The true test of any set of rules or teachings of any manner is the ability to evolve and adapt to the times and to knew knowledge. Can you imagine living in today's society with the original periodic table of elements? It wouldn't happen because we need those changes in order to even be where we are to begin with.
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