Someone asked me, "What difference does all this make?  Why does it matter so much to you?"

If Genesis does not stand up to the test of true and validated science, then, there is room for doubt in the hearts of those who are not educated on the facts of the Bible.  Especially our children.  We must hold the conviction that all of the Bible is true and that it is always true.  Once there is doubt about one part of the Bible, then how do you pick and choose what is true and what isn't.  We must rectify the truth of Genesis with true science.  That is why we must know what Genesis really says and what it does not say.

I want to know the truth.  That was my only motive for work in Zoology, Physics, Math, and Statistics.  I  wanted to be able to judge what was absolutely true in science.  And what wasn't.

I knew in my heart that the Bible was the true word of God.  I wanted to know what scientists knew for absolute sure, and what they were speculating on.  What was fact and what was just theory.  I was amazed.  Over and over again in the last fifty years science has reversed course, changed their minds, and recanted their 'facts'.  The book of Genesis has remained the same.  But if evolution theory is wrong, they have no where else to go--except for a Creator.  Which is no longer politically correct.  Sad, but true.  Their latest theory is that we came from outer space.  Duh.

Remember, everything scientists discover--atoms, molecules, distant planets, black holes--and the list goes on and on--God made.  He already knows everything about everything he made.  We don't.

The world will disparage your faith if you don't understand Genesis.  They will say that you and I believe the world is 3000-6000 years old--which it obviously isn't.  They will mock your faith. I am amazed at the things some people believe that it says--which it doesn't.

That's why it matters.

Genesis 1:19  "And the evening and the morning were the fourth day."