Yes, the first chapter of Genesis clearly says that the earth was created in a literal 6 days, referring to the Jewish method of reckoning days. But since the concept of days only occurs after the Earth begins to spin and the revolution around the Sun starts, this gets complicated. Before the Sun, Moon, Stars, and the Earth began to “function” as it is today, there was no time to speak of. Eternity is beyond time and cannot be measured in terms of today’s calculations. 

So, how many days or years to create the earth and to bring it to it’s present condition? For me, the answer is: No. Such a discussion is invalid. It wasn’t six days or millions of years. Since time did not exist, we cannot use current measurements to measure immeasureable factors. 

It was in the 5th century B.C. that Antiphon, an ancient philosopher suggested that time was a human construct. Centuries later, in 1883, Ernst Mach made this concept of a timeless universe part of scientific discussions. Later, Albert Einstein also postulated various perspectives on time. 

For me, a discussion about time or time periods for creation that took place outside of “time” is beyond the purview of reason. So, how many days or years did it take to create the earth? 

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