So, I get that your answer was sarcastic, or at least satirical, which is fine, and I also get that there are some fallacies among the many Christian churches when it comes to practicing what is preached, finances, etc.
For what it's worth, I do consider myself Christian (though others might not) and while I do believe in a virgin birth, and water turned into wine, I don't believe that priests without families are going to be the go to for advice on such matters, or that church should rob from their poor and give to its leadership. I don't mind the tax exempt status—as far as I am concerned, if anyone doesn't have to pay taxes, that's a win.
Regarding creation time periods, a day in that instance really isn't measured in any specific amounts. It could very well be millions or billions of years. From the point of The Fall to now, however, is commonly held to be in the neighborhood of 6,000 years, with most of it (4,000 years) in the BC range. How that works with carbon dating. I don't know. :)
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So, I get that your answer was sarcastic, or at least satirical, which is fine, and I also get that there are some fallacies among the many Christian churches when it comes to practicing what is preached, finances, etc.
For what it's worth, I do consider myself Christian (though others might not) and while I do believe in a virgin birth, and water turned into wine, I don't believe that priests without families are going to be the go to for advice on such matters, or that church should rob from their poor and give to its leadership. I don't mind the tax exempt status—as far as I am concerned, if anyone doesn't have to pay taxes, that's a win.
Regarding creation time periods, a day in that instance really isn't measured in any specific amounts. It could very well be millions or billions of years. From the point of The Fall to now, however, is commonly held to be in the neighborhood of 6,000 years, with most of it (4,000 years) in the BC range. How that works with carbon dating. I don't know. :)