It is possible that in those days, the earth spun slower, or faster, and so day and night had different lengths. Or that the earth's orbit around the sun was shorter, so years consisted of fewer days. In addition, from a cosmology (nature of the universe) point of view, the alpha (fine structure) constant has been shown to perhaps be not constant. If alpha varies over time, then time itself will vary, and people living for 900 years or the universe being built in one day are all legitimate possibilities.

I don't believe that god created ANYTHING, so it really doesn't matter to me if they were "literal human days", or "god's days". Technically speaking, the "literal days" WOULD BE "god's days", since god was the one who decided it would take 24 hours for the earth to rotate (a day).

Truth be told, it does not matter. It is a periphery issue that detracts from the "real" issues in religion.

I always remember the clarity of an article that I read from the Watchtower of November 1st , 1970. It said in part: “A common objection raised against accepting the Bible’s account of creation is the belief that it says God made the earth in seven twenty-four-hour days. You might want to read this account, which starts on the very first page of your Bible, at Genesis chapter 1, verse 1, and goes through chapter 2, verse 4. After reading it, did you find anything at all that said the “days” referred to there were limited to twenty-four hours? The word “day” could not always mean a twenty-four-hour period in this passage, for at the end of the account the entire period, including all the “days” referred to there, is called “the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.” (Gen. 2:4) Obviously the word “day” does not here mean twenty-four hours, for it includes the entire creative period. The word “day” can also mean “age.” We use it in referring to “Noah’s day,” “Caesar’s day,” or other epochs that were far longer than twenty-four hours, but were marked with a specific beginning and a definite end. It should be noted that these seven great creative “days” do not include the creation of the universe, but only the preparation of earth for man. The Bible does not say when the suns, stars, planets, even the earth, were created. Genesis 1:1 states: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” But it does not say when that “beginning” was, or how much time passed between the creation of the universe and the beginning of the first of the seven “days,” mentioned in the next verse. Another important point is that the first six days came to an end—but not the seventh! The report of the first six days closes with a statement similar to the one for day six: “And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, a sixth day.” (Gen. 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31) But this concluding expression does not appear for the seventh day, on which God rested”. To me, this clearly shows that if we simply read what is in the Bible, we can see for ourselves what the Bible really says.

I don't. I believe the days were periods of time in which a specific work was accomplished. One interesting point to bring up is God's assertion that in the day that Adam ate of the forbidden fruit, he would surely die. Yet... he lives a good 900 years beyond that point. Some have noted that Adam's spiritual death occurred earlier, which is a good point, but I think the physical fulfillment of God's warning is not insignificant.

I believe seven days is a metaphor for a period of time you appropriately call "God's days). In Genesis, just like in other parts of the Bible, men used metaphors to explain events they didn't understand. And why not? Today, we use metaphors, similes, analogies, and parables to teach, illustrate, and educate. The writers of the Old and New Testament were no different, at least not in that regard.

I don't believe in the bible.I would say it would definitely be a metaphor because it is physically be impossible otherwise.

I believe they were God-defined days and I'll find out more later (hopefully quite a bit later).

Quite likely, but unfortunately the writers, maybe thinking they were being helpful, defined the day in earthly terms, for example in Genesis 1:5 “And the evening and the morning were the first day” and Genesis 1:8 “And the evening and the morning were the second day.” In the Holy Qur’an (HQ) there are partial accounts of creation scattered throughout the scripture. And according to it the equivalence of a day is like thousands of years by our earthly reckoning. BTW, the HQ refutes the idea of God getting tired or resting on the seventh day (resting also implies that he carried on the job of creation after His rest).

As usual, there is some good, serious discussion on this question. Perryman alluded to the fact that "day" (Hebrew "yohm")does not always refer to one fixed period of time. Genesis 1:5 calls the period of light Day and also the period of a light and dark cycle as a day. Genesis 2:4, using a literary device known as parallelism, equates the "day Jehovah God made heaven and earth" with the "time of their being created", or the six creative periods. "Yohm" can indicate any fixed time period with a set beginning and end. It might be 12 hours (sunup til sundown), 24 hours (a complete rotation) or longer periods. We still use the expression "in my grandmother's day" to indicate the years in which she lived. A careful reading of several translations helps us to see that the plants and animals "swarmed" and increased over a period of time. Darby's translation uses the word "gradually" several times. This seems to indicate living things reproducing at their normal rate. (The following will likely open a whole new conversation.) Scriptures, including Hebrews 4:6-8, 1Corinthinans 15:24, 25 seem to indicate that we are still living in the 7th or rest day of God and that it will also include the millenium reign of Christ. Because Adam was created a little over 6000 years ago and numerous Bible references prove that we are in the last days of the present system, it seems reasonable to conclude that creative days are about 7000 years in length. Borasalama said well that God doesn't tire (Isaiah 40:28). He 'rests' not to catch his breath, as it were, but to desist from creative work, possibly to view and enjoy his creation. Some hold tightly to the 24-hour creative day while others are sure that life has been on earth for millions of years. Respectfully, i submit from the evidence that the truth here lies somewhere in the middle, as it so often does.

Some people don't think god created the world in seven days. perhaps a day to god is a thousand years to us. a thousand years to us could be a blink of an eye to him, so if you think about it like that maybe it was possible.

The primary reason that people believe that Genesis refers to creative periods of time is, they believe in evolution, and this allows them to sync up the Bible with evolution. Now, you may or may not agree with the Bible and the creation account, however, it is best to read the Bible and take it for what it is actually saying, rather than to impose your views upon it. Obviously, the Bible uses "day" to refer to less than 24 hours, to the period of daylight, to a 24 hour period of time, and to longer than a 24 hour period of time. Most, if not all of the non 24-hour references, are found in phrases like "The Day of the Lord." On the other hand, we do not find that in Genesis 1. In Genesis 1, we find the phrase, "And evening is and morning is, day one [or, two, three]." That is the literal translation from the Hebrew. Elsewhere in the Bible, we do not have non 24-hour days mentioned in conjunction with evening and morning. A 1000 years has 365,000 evenings and 365,000 mornings, so using the phrase "And evening is, and morning is..." does not really lend itself to longer than a 24 hour period of time. For those of you who believe in Jesus Christ and for those of you who believe that the Bible is the Word of God, you need to read the text as it stands. If necessary, ask yourself, is it possible for God to have warmed the earth in a 24 hour period of time? Is it possible for God to make the atmosphere, to make dry land appear, and to create plants in a 24 hour period of time. If you believe that it is possible for God to do these things, then just read the first chapter of Genesis and accept it for what it says. www.kukis.org

What one needs to do is look elsewhere in Scripture and find where this same word "day" is used and in what context it is used. If a person does that then it is 6 "literal" days. Of course there will be people that disagree and agree.

Ok, if a god day is anything like a dog day then that would be like a gazillion days, right?

I think they were God days.