One of the most common areas of compromise for Christians is where the age of the earth is concerned.  Old earth data has been presented as factual with little or no references made to anything scientific in nature that might actually agree with a biblical perspective on the issue.  But there is such evidence, a great deal of it.  However let us focus for now on the compromise known as the Day Age Theory.

The Genesis account of creation states that the universe was created in a six day period.  The question is whether the word "day" is to be taken literally.  In scripture the Hebrew word "yom" and its plural "yamim" appear about 1900 times.  They are translated as general time 65 times, all other references are in the context of literal days.  Moses never used "yom" to mean anything other than a literal day.  There are also plenty of examples where the concept of a long time was conveyed using other Hebrew words.  In the context in question it is worthy of mention that each day was defined as having evening and morning and that each day in the creation week was ordered first, second etc.  The unnatural, strained interpretation is that of great expanses of time.

If Genesis intends for days to mean ages then how did the plants created on the third day survive without sunlight for so great a period of time?  The fourth day the stars were created for the express purpose of defining days, seasons and years. 

Furthermore, in Exodus 20:8-11 the seven days of creation are compared to the days of our week.  That also suggests that the time frame was the same.

Unless one is looking for a theological basis for evolution why contort scripture so badly?  Doesn't it take pressure off of believers to accept God at His Word?  Real science does not demand that we surrender our faith at the door.  Neither does genuine faith in God and His Word require us to check our brain at the door.  The two disciplines are not mutually exclusive.