Hello,
However, it is not inconsistent with God creating all matter in one event. In fact, the Big Bang is the closest theory to what Genesis says.
Didn't Genesis say that God created the Universe in 6 days and rested on the 7th *It ment day as in 24 hr period? This doesn't comply with the Big Bang Theory, which states that there was a primordial explosion which the universe began to expand. The Sun is estimated to be about 10 - 20 million years older then the Earth, and by radioactive dating, the Earth is about 4.75 billion years old, so that the Sun is therefore around 4.76 billion years. There are uncertainties inherent in radioactive dating so ages from 4.6 to 4.8 billion years are probably reasonable. Note, some of the oldest meteorites are 4.8 - 4.9 billion years, but the trapped dust grains can be much older than the Sun because dust grains are often formed in old stars 10's to 100's of millions of years before they got to the cloud out of which the Sun and planets formed. The earth formed after the sun formed as you can see. But Genesis says vice versa. Can you please explain this? Thanks.