If God created the world in 6 days and the earth is older than 10,000 years, there seems to be a discrepancy between scripture accepted by Judeo-Christians and modern science. There need not be, however, if you use context to help get the correct meaning of the Hebrew 'day.'
The link below take you to a debate between two theologians and two astrophysicists on the meaning of 'day' as it is used in Genesis.
Many people have trouble accepting a 6 'day' creation as described by Moses in the TNK or writings of the old covenant. The biggest stumbling block is that none of us were there at the beginning. Another stumbling block is that the original account is written in Hebrew and it is difficult to know exactly what Moses had in mind when he wrote Genesis.
Being a man of faith on a left-leaning blog a lot of times is like being a fish swimming upstream. It wears you out. Although you do find people of faith there, the attitude of many is that they are too sophisticated for God or can't merge creation science with science taught in secular schools. They are not mutually exclusive. Simply, the science taught in secular schools is just the study of God's creation.
For my first diary, I'm posting a link to John Ankerberg's website where there is a debate between scholars on 'day' in the 6 day theory of creation. If you are interested in different opinions about this word and its implications, and as long as the link is available, take a look at it.
In my opinion, God created all things. The earth is as old as it seems. And, Moses' account in Genesis is correct. There are no contradictions when you use context to know how to interpret 'day.'
Link -> http://johnankerberg.com/...