https://redstate.com/erick/2012/11/20/i-believe-and-am-thankful/feedConservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 10 Apr 2026 17:34:56 -0400<![CDATA[Marco Rubio is getting beaten up by the press for not decisively and convincingly saying he thinks the world is billions of years old. The press gave Barack Obama a pass for largely the same answer. This issue has become the new litmus test in the media for conservative politicians. Believing what was believed to be literally true for a few thousand years is now nutty. Christian homeschool kids, often taught that the world is not as old as some believe and who routinely kick the rear ends of the ivy prep kids in academics, are considered stupid.Truth be told, I think the world is billions of years old, but I have no doubt God created it. I believe the same word that many interpret as &#8220;days&#8221; in Genesis can also honestly be interpreted as &#8220;phases,&#8221; which I do, i.e. a day at the beginning was not a day as we know it now. But I don&#8217;t doubt there were six phases of creation and then a seventh of rest. I certainly don&#8217;t have a problem with people who think the world was created in six 24 hour days. For all any of us know, it could have been. God said &#8220;Let there be light,&#8221; and I think the result was a big bang. I think that God set evolution in motion and over time we have changed and evolved by His own design and plan.But I&#8217;d be foolish to think I actually know it for sure.]]>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:58:00 -0500<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2012/11/20/i-believe-and-am-thankful-n44950