Barbarian
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ex nihilo is about the creation of the cosmos, not animals in particular.
Even mainline Christians accept the creation of the universe ex nihilo. The YE creationist doctrine of life ex nihilo is the false one. If you don't accept this doctrine, good for you. It is an insult to God; who chose to create life from the earth.
Even in your interpretation (which is quite a stretch given that Eve was made (relatively) right away when she was taken from Adam's side as he was in deep sleep) --But even if I give you that leeway, that doesnt prove an old Earth.
It merely shows that you can't be a YE creationist and logically claim to be a Bible-beliving Christian.
Some meanings of Yom (Yahwm)
1) day, time, year
a) day (as opposed to night)
b) day (24 hour period)
1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1
2) as a division of time
a) a working day, a day's journey
c) days, lifetime (pl.)
d) time, period (general)
e) year
f) temporal references
1) today
2) yesterday
3) tomorrow
Yep. All those things. So those who insist it has to mean a 24 hour day don't understand the usage in the Bible.
Genesis uses YOM which is and has always been one literal unit of time which we call a "day".
See above.
If I am wrong, please show me another scripture which uses yom in the sense you are using it.
Zechariah 14:7But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
Here it represents at least a year.
And as Augustine remarked, it is absurd to speak of mornings and evenings, with no sun to have them.