Try reading Genesis 1 as the original audience would have thousands of years ago. Do you think they would have understood the word "day" to mean "day" or "extended period of time"? Add to that the use of "And there was evening and there was morning..." Does this make one think of an extended period of time? What about when the author calls the days the first day, the second day, and so on?
The normal use of language affirms that the Bible claims God's creative work happening within six literal, 24 hour, consecutive days. Any other interpretation is putting secular science above the Word of God.
Many Christians are quick to rebuke the idea (as I do) that someone in a Muslim country can "get saved" and yet remain in Islam. Yet many Christians have opted to "get saved" and remain Atheists in their understanding of creation.
Grace and Peace,
Stephen
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