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--color-end: var(--bgcolor-content-end);" ><div class="content"> <div class="sponsor-sidebar"><div class="desktop-show" align="center"><div class="adManager-placeholder"></div></div></div> <h1><span itemprop="name headline" property="og:title">Questions about Creation (All)</span></h1> <strong><br> <a href="creation-evolution.html">What does the Bible say about Creation versus evolution?</a><br><br> <a href="Creator-God.html">What does it mean that God is the Creator?</a><br><br> <a href="young-earth-creationism.html">What is young earth creationism?</a><br><br> <a href="old-earth-creationism.html">What is old earth creationism?</a><br><br> <a href="old-earth-vs-young-earth.html">Old earth vs. young earth—what are the core issues in the debate?</a><br><br> <a href="dinosaurs-Bible.html">What does the Bible say about dinosaurs? Are there dinosaurs in the Bible?</a><br><br> <a href="science-God.html">Do faith in God and science contradict?</a><br><br> <a href="earth-age.html">What is the age of the earth? How old is the earth?</a><br><br> <a href="two-Creation-accounts.html">Why are there two different Creation accounts in Genesis chapters 1-2?</a><br><br> <a href="Adam-Eve-created.html">Why weren’t Adam and Eve created at the same time (Genesis 2)?</a><br><br> <a href="Adam-and-Eve-questions.html">Were Adam and Eve saved? How many children did Adam and Eve have? When were Adam and Eve created?</a><br><br> <a href="dominion-over-animals.html">What does it mean that God gave humanity dominion over the animals?</a><br><br> <a href="Adam-Eve-created.html">Why weren’t Adam and Eve created at the same time (Genesis 2)?</a><br><br> <a href="Adams-rib.html">Why did God use Adam’s rib to create Eve?</a><br><br> <a href="Adam-Eve-have-belly-buttons.html">Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons / navels?</a><br><br> <a href="Adam-and-Eve-saved.html">Were Adam and Eve saved?</a><br><br> <a href="Cains-wife.html">Who was Cain’s wife?</a><br><br> <a href="Cain-afraid.html">Who was Cain afraid of after he killed Abel?</a><br><br> <a href="cavemen.html">What does the Bible say about cavemen?</a><br><br> <a href="Adam-and-Eve-cavemen.html">Were Adam and Eve cavemen?</a><br><br> <a href="Genesis-days.html">Does Genesis chapter 1 literally mean 24 hour days?</a><br><br> <a href="theistic-evolution.html">What is theistic evolution?</a><br><br> <a href="gap-theory.html">What is the Gap Theory? Did anything happen in between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2?</a><br><br> <a href="different-races.html">What is the origin of the different races?</a><br><br> <a href="Lillith.html">Who was Lillith? Did Adam have another wife before Eve?</a><br><br> <a href="big-bang-theory.html">Did God use the "big bang" to create the universe?</a><br><br> <a href="vast-universe.html">Why did God create such a vast universe and other planets if there is only life on earth?</a><br><br> <a href="star-light.html">How can the light of stars billions of light years away from the earth have reached us if the earth is only thousands of years old?</a><br><br> <a href="Garden-of-Eden.html">What was the Garden of Eden like?</a><br><br> <a href="garden-of-Eden-location.html">What is the location of the Garden of Eden?</a><br><br> <a href="Bible-dragons.html">What does the Bible say about dragons?</a><br><br> <a href="Tower-of-Babel.html">What happened at the Tower of Babel?</a><br><br> <a href="earth-divided-Peleg.html">In what way was the earth divided in Peleg’s time?</a><br><br> <a href="God-create-other-people.html">Did God create other people in addition to Adam and Eve?</a><br><br> <a href="intelligent-design.html">What is the Intelligent Design Theory?</a><br><br> <a href="God-doing.html">What was God doing before He created the universe?</a><br><br> <a href="creation-ex-nihilo.html">What does Creation "ex nihilo" mean?</a><br><br> <a href="tree-knowledge-good-evil.html">Why did God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden?</a><br><br> <a href="light-first-sun-fourth.html">How could there be light on the first day of Creation if the sun was not created until the fourth day?</a><br><br> <a href="ice-age.html">What does the Bible say about the ice age?</a><br><br> <a href="Adam-and-Eve-questions.html">Questions about Adam and Eve</a><br><br> <a href="Adam-Eve-Garden-Eden.html">How long were Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden?</a><br><br> <a href="Adam-and-Eve-children.html">How many children did Adam and Eve have?</a><br><br> <a href="were-Adam-and-Eve-white.html">Were Adam and Eve white?</a><br><br> <a href="pre-Adamic-race.html">Does the Bible say anything about a pre-Adamic race?</a><br><br> <a href="progressive-creationism.html">What is Progressive Creationism and is it biblical?</a><br><br> <a href="geologic-timescale.html">How does the geologic timescale fit with the view of a young earth?</a><br><br> <a href="radiometric-dating.html">How does radiometric dating fit with the view of a young earth?</a><br><br> <a href="young-earth-evidence.html">Is there any evidence for young earth creationism?</a><br><br> <a href="irreducible-complexity.html">What is Irreducible Complexity?</a><br><br> <a href="pangea-theory.html">Is the theory of Pangea possible? Does the Bible say that there was once a Pangea / Pangaea?</a><br><br> <a href="anthropic-principle.html">What is the Anthropic Principle?</a><br><br> <a href="Bible-myths-legends.html">Did the Bible copy some of its stories from other religious myths and legends?</a><br><br> <a href="serpent-seed.html">What is Serpent Seed doctrine?</a><br><br> <a href="table-of-nations.html">What is the Table of Nations?</a><br><br> <a href="creationism-scientific.html">Is creationism scientific? Is creationism compatible with the scientific method?</a><br><br> <a href="creationism-vs-evolution.html">How does creationism vs. evolution impact how a person views the world?</a><br><br> <a href="science-creationism.html">Why is the science community so opposed to creationism?</a><br><br> <a href="dinosaur-extinction.html">What caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?</a><br><br> <a href="biblical-creationism.html">Why is biblical creationism so important?</a><br><br> <a href="directed-panspermia.html">What is the theory of directed panspermia?</a><br><br> <a href="Chromosomal-Adam-Mitochondrial-Eve.html">What are Y-Chromosomal Adam and Mitochondrial Eve?</a><br><br> <a href="microevolution-macroevolution.html">What is the difference between Microevolution and Macroevolution?</a><br><br> <a href="flying-spaghetti-monster.html">How is Intelligent Design any different from belief in a Flying Spaghetti Monster?</a><br><br> <a href="abiogenesis-definition-theory.html">What is the theory of abiogenesis? What is the definition of abiogenesis?</a><br><br> <a href="what-is-biogenesis.html">What is biogenesis?</a><br><br> <a href="punctuated-equilibrium.html">What is the theory of punctuated equilibrium?</a><br><br> <a href="flat-earth-Bible.html">Does the Bible teach that the earth is flat?</a><br><br> <a href="God-particle.html">What is the God particle?</a><br><br> <a href="God-of-the-gaps.html">What is the God of the gaps argument?</a><br><br> <a href="flaws-theory-evolution.html">What are some flaws in the theory of evolution?</a><br><br> <a href="universe-eternal.html">Is the universe eternal?</a><br><br> <a href="universe-expanding.html">Is the universe expanding?</a><br><br> <a href="talking-snake.html">Why didn’t Adam and Eve find it strange that a serpent was talking to them?</a><br><br> <a href="missing-link.html">The Missing Link - has it been found?</a><br><br> <a href="canopy-theory.html">What is the canopy theory?</a><br><br> <a href="human-chimp-DNA.html">Is the similarity in human/chimp DNA evidence for evolution?</a><br><br> <a href="evidence-intelligent-design.html">What is the best evidence/argument for intelligent design?</a><br><br> <a href="uniformitarianism-vs-catastrophism.html">What does the Bible say about uniformitarianism vs. catastrophism?</a><br><br> <a href="creation-days.html">What happened on each of the days of Creation?</a><br><br> <a href="creation-story.html">What is the biblical Creation story?</a><br><br> <a href="creation-theology-beliefs.html">How do beliefs about creation impact the rest of theology?</a><br><br> <a href="Lucifers-flood.html">Is the concept of Lucifer’s Flood biblical?</a><br><br> <a href="leviathan.html">What was the leviathan?</a><br><br> <a href="behemoth.html">What is the behemoth?</a><br><br> <a href="multiverse-theory.html">What is the multiverse theory?</a><br><br> <a href="did-God-create-universe.html">Did God create the universe?</a><br><br> <a href="geocentrism-Bible.html">Does the Bible teach geocentrism?</a><br><br> <a href="cambrian-explosion.html">How does the Cambrian Explosion fit within the framework of young-earth creationism?</a><br><br> <a href="natural-selection.html">What do creationists believe about natural selection?</a><br><br> <a href="breath-of-life.html">What is the breath of life?</a><br><br> <a href="forbidden-fruit.html">Was Adam and Eve’s sin really about eating a piece of forbidden fruit?</a><br><br> <a href="tree-of-life.html">What is the meaning of the tree of life?</a><br><br> <a href="DNA-Creator.html">How does DNA point to the existence of a Creator?</a><br><br> <a href="Day-Age-Theory.html">What is the Day-Age Theory?</a><br><br> <a href="fossil-record.html">How does young earth creationism handle the evidence for millions of years in the fossil record?</a><br><br> <a href="string-theory.html">Does string theory have any connection with belief in God?</a><br><br> <a href="land-of-Nod.html">What/where was the land of Nod in the Bible?</a><br><br> <a href="meaning-of-Pishon.html">What is the meaning of <i>Pishon</i> in the Bible?</a><br><br> <a href="world-overpopulated.html">If Adam and Eve hadn’t sinned, introducing death into creation, wouldn’t the world have gotten overpopulated?</a><br><br> <a href="firmament-Bible.html">What was the firmament in the Bible?</a><br><br> <a href="laws-of-thermodynamics.html">What are the laws of thermodynamics and how do they provide evidence for creationism?</a><br><br> <a href="age-of-the-universe.html">What is the age of the universe?</a><br><br> <a href="Jesus-the-Creator.html">Is Jesus the Creator?</a><br><br> <a href="antediluvian.html">What is the definition of <em>antediluvian</em>?</a><br><br> <a href="Noahs-ark-discovery.html">Would the discovery of Noah’s Ark be important?</a><br><br> <a href="Noahs-ark-questions.html">What are some of the most common questions about Noah’s Ark?</a><br><br> <a href="Noahs-ark-animals.html">How did Noah fit all the animals on the ark?</a><br><br> <a href="how-long-did-it-take-Noah-to-build-the-ark.html">How long did it take Noah to build the ark?</a><br><br> <a href="how-long-was-Noah-on-the-ark.html">How long was Noah on the ark?</a><br><br> <a href="how-many-people-were-on-Noahs-ark.html">How many people were on Noah’s ark?</a><br><br> <a href="how-many-animals-were-on-Noahs-ark.html">How many animals were on Noah’s ark?</a><br><br> <a href="Gilgamesh-flood.html">What similarities are there between the Gilgamesh flood account and biblical flood account?</a><br><br> <a href="Noah-flood.html">What was the purpose of the flood in the time of Noah?</a><br><br> <a href="flood-just.html">How was the flood in the time of Noah just?</a><br><br> <a href="who-was-Noah-wife.html">Who was Noah’s wife?</a><br><br> <a href="God-drowned-babies.html">How can God be good if He drowned babies in Noah’s flood?</a><br><br> <a href="Genesis-flood-proven.html">Can the flood mentioned in Genesis be proven?</a><br><br> <a href="dinosaurs-Noahs-ark.html">Were there dinosaurs on Noah’s ark?</a><br><br> <a href="global-flood.html">Was Noah’s flood global?</a><br><br> <a href="when-was-Noah-flood.html">When was Noah’s flood?</a><br><br> <a href="rained-before-flood.html">Had it ever rained before the Flood in Noah’s day?</a><br><br> <a href="Flood-accounts.html">Did the Bible copy the Flood account from other myths and legends?</a><br><br> <a href="flood-legends.html">Are there really hundreds of flood legends giving credence to the Genesis flood?</a><br><br> <a href="Darwinism-definition.html">What is the definition of Darwinism?</a><br><br> <a href="carbon-dating.html">Is carbon dating a reliable method for determining the age of things?</a><br><br> <a href="God-and-quantum-physics.html">Is belief in God compatible with quantum physics?</a><br><br> <a href="laminin-cross.html">What is laminin? Is there any significance to laminin being in the shape of a cross?</a><br><br> <a href="Enuma-Elish.html">What similarities are there between the Enuma Elish and the Genesis creation account?</a><br><br> <a href="first-earth-age.html">What is the first earth age? Is the concept of a first earth age biblical?</a><br><br> <a href="Adam-and-Eve-story.html">Is the Adam and Eve story to be understood literally?</a><br><br> <a href="vestigial-organs.html">How does creationism explain vestigial organs?</a><br><br> <a href="why-do-men-have-nipples.html">Why do men have nipples?</a><br><br> <a href="BioLogos.html">What is BioLogos?</a><br><br> <a href="moon-light.html">Why does the Bible describe the moon as a light?</a><br><br> <a href="palingenesis.html">What is palingenesis?</a><br><br> <a href="let-there-be-light.html">Why did God say, "Let there be light," during creation?</a><br><br> <a href="heavens-declare-glory-God.html">What does it mean that the heavens declare the glory of God?</a><br><br> <a href="Neanderthal-DNA.html">How does the fact that human beings possess some Neanderthal DNA impact creationism?</a><br><br> <a href="black-holes.html">Does the Bible say anything about the existence of black holes?</a><br><br> <a href="forbidden-fruit-apple.html">Was the forbidden fruit an apple?</a><br><br> <a href="historical-creationism.html">What is historical creationism?</a><br><br> <a href="Pandoras-Box.html">What is the myth of Pandora’s Box, and how does it relate to the biblical creation account?</a><br><br> <a href="Gobekli-Tepe.html">Is Göbekli Tepe where the Garden of Eden was located?</a><br><br> <a href="Scopes-Monkey-Trial.html">What was the Scopes Monkey Trial?</a><br><br> <a href="foundation-of-the-world.html">When was before the foundation of the world?</a><br><br> <a href="corners-of-the-earth.html">What does the Bible mean when it refers to the corners of the earth?</a><br><br> <a href="why-did-God-create-the-world.html">Why did God create the world / earth?</a><br><br> <a href="evolutionary-creationism.html">What is evolutionary creationism?</a><br><br> <a href="red-shift.html">What impact does red shift have on creationism?</a><br><br> <a href="pillars-of-the-earth.html">What are the pillars of the earth mentioned in the Bible?</a><br><br> <a href="what-language-did-Adam-and-Eve-speak.html">What language did Adam and Eve speak?</a><br><br> <a href="what-did-God-create-on-the-first-day.html">What did God create on the first day of creation?</a><br><br> <a href="what-did-God-create-on-the-second-day.html">What did God create on the second day of creation?</a><br><br> <a href="what-did-God-create-on-the-third-day.html">What did God create on the third day of creation?</a><br><br> <a href="what-did-God-create-on-the-fourth-day.html">What did God create on the fourth day of creation?</a><br><br> <a href="what-did-God-create-on-the-fifth-day.html">What did God create on the fifth day of creation?</a><br><br> <a href="what-did-God-create-on-the-sixth-day.html">What did God create on the sixth day of creation?</a><br><br> <a href="what-did-God-do-on-the-seventh-day.html">What did God do on the seventh day of creation?</a><br><br> <a href="Answers-in-Genesis.html">What is Answers in Genesis?</a><br><br> <a href="scientific-method.html">Is the scientific method biblical?</a><br><br> <a href="two-trees-in-the-garden.html">Why were there two trees in the Garden of Eden?</a><br><br> <a href="in-the-beginning-God-created.html">What does it mean that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1)?</a><br><br> <a href="Satan-in-the-Garden-of-Eden.html">Why did God allow Satan to enter the Garden of Eden?</a><br><br> <a href="survival-of-the-fittest.html">Is “survival of the fittest” compatible with the Bible?</a><br><br> <a href="fiat-creationism.html">What is fiat creationism?</a><br><br> <a href="initial-singularity.html">Is the concept of an initial singularity compatible with the Bible?</a><br><br> <a href="animals-eat-animals-before-sin.html">Did some animals eat other animals (predation) before sin entered the world?</a><br><br> <a href="framework-hypothesis.html">What is the framework hypothesis?</a><br><br> <a href="Holy-Spirit-in-creation.html">What was the role of the Holy Spirit in creation?</a><br><br> <a href="biblical-cosmology.html">What is biblical cosmology?</a><br><br> </strong><hr> <center><strong class="return">Go to:<br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_creation.html">Questions about Creation — Theme Index</a><br><br> Return to:<br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="archive.html">Frequently Asked Bible Questions</a><br><br> Questions about Creation (All)</center></strong> </div> </section> <section class="homepage-sponsor desktop-hide"> <div class="desktop-hide" align="center"><div class="adManager-placeholder-mobile"></div></div> </section> <section class="subscribe gradient-to-br" style="--color-start: #153c59; 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