7 Days of God's Creation

In the Holy Bible, the book of Genesis tells of God's creation of the earth in a 7-day period. This account is the reason why the traditional week is 7 days long. Christians, Jews and Muslims all believe that this is the way in which the world came to exist. In secular literature, those who believe that God created the earth are known as "creationists." Not all creationists believe in the 7-day .

Few portions of the Bible have caused as much contention and argument in the last century than the Book of Genesis. Every day, protest groups, on one side or the other, raise alarm at having opposing views taught or endorsed in a public setting. The Book of Genesis is the first book in the Christian Bible, the Jewish Torah and the Islamic Koran, so the argument spreads to all these religions. Famously, this debate was touched in the play "Inherit the Wind."According to Genesis, the creation of the world (and universe) took six days, with the seventh reserved for rest, establishing the Holy Day. According to the myth, all was void and then God said "Let there be light!" which established the opposing day and night. On the second day, God created a firmament, which is usually interpreted as the skies, which separated the Earth from the void.God created water and land on the third day, and also ordered that plants populate the land. Although night and day was established, it was not until the fourth day that God created "two great lights" in the firmament to show the days, weeks and seasons of the year. Since these are determined by the Sun and Moon, most scholars consider these the great lights.On the fifth day, God commanded fish and birds to populate the Earth and multiply. On the sixth day, he ordered the land to bring forth walking creatures and beasts. For his last act, He created a creature in His image which He ordered to multiply and take control of the Earth. After all this effort, the seventh day was made holy as a day of rest.In many arguments supporting the Judeo-Christian creation myth, many state since no Sun nor Moon existed in the first few days the "days" of God might differ from those of man. On the other hand, scientists usually support this idea of creation as a simple myth used to explain origins in the early days of civilization and nothing more.