Defenders LIVE! // Evolution & Creation Part 5: Creation In 6 Days or Ages? //
The day-age interpretation holds that the days of Genesis 1 are not meant to be taken as 24-hour periods of time. Rather, they represent long periods of time of unspecified duration. On this view, God created the world over six ages, so to speak.
Thus, the text is not meant to teach a literal six-day creation...