Editing Gap creationism (section)

==Interpretation of Genesis==
{{See also|Genesis creation narrative}}
[[File:Re-creation (Gap) Theory.png|thumb|Gap creationism]]
Some gap creationists may believe that science has proven beyond reasonable doubt that the [[Age of Earth|Earth is far older]] than can be accounted for by, for instance, adding up the ages of [[Patriarchs (Bible)|Biblical patriarchs]] as [[James Ussher]] famously attempted in the 17th century when he developed the [[Ussher chronology]].

For some, the gap theory allows both the [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] creation account and geological science to be [[Biblical inerrancy|inerrant]] in matters of scientific fact. Gap creationists believe that certain facts about the past and the age of the Earth have been omitted from the Genesis account; they hold that there was a gap of time in the biblical account that lasted an unknown number of years between a first creation in {{bibleverse||Genesis|1:1|}} and a second creation (or restoration) in {{bibleverse||Genesis|1:2-31|}}. By positing such an event, various observations in a wide range of fields, including the age of the Earth, [[Age of the Universe|the age of the universe]], dinosaurs, fossils, [[ice core]]s, [[ice age]]s, and geological formations are allowed by adherents<ref name="Chafer"/><ref name="Thieme">Thieme (1974)</ref><ref name="KJVG">[http://www.kjvbible.org/ The Bible, Genesis, and Geology], Gaines Johnson, 1997.</ref> to have occurred as outlined by science without contradicting their [[Biblical literalism|literal belief in Genesis]].