In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
You see, that's all it says. It doesn't actually say what amount of time that took. I think Buzsaw is simply using "day" as for when it is apropriate to use it as 24 hours. Since there was no sun untill day 4 (I think) - God's "days" are infact unknowable.
YEC's usually say that you can't use the scripture, "A day to the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as a day" (similar words) - because "yom" means 24 hours. I disagree that that is of any major importance, because the sun wasn't actually there one the first day.
BUT, what this means is that God is not under "time". Therefore, his day could also be the same as a million years - or a billion. Also - how long did the earth and heavens stand there? - it doesn't say. It does say he divided the light from the darkness and called the light "day" and the darkness "night". But maybe the "first day" is the first day of God's work, not the first day of the heaven and earth being complete. Because day is only relevant to God's day - as the sun was not made yet and so our days were not in existence. I think I probably agree with Buzsaw. You see, I am not certain about how "literal" to take it - but I think the 6 thousand years idea is relatively new - and the Genesis account has been around a lot longer than the recent "must be 6000 years" idea..
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