I remember trying to come to grips with the timeline story (everything created in 6 days vs the billions of years science gives us) as a child sitting in sunday school, and now when I think of it, I'm reminded of a joke I heard a long time ago:
[Average] Joe is having a conversation with God and asks, "What's a million years like to you?"
God answers, "A million years is like a minute."
Then Joe asks, "What's a million dollars to you?"
God says, "A million dollars is like a penny."
Joe thinks for a moment, then asks, "God, can I have a penny?"
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I remember trying to come to grips with the timeline story (everything created in 6 days vs the billions of years science gives us) as a child sitting in sunday school, and now when I think of it, I'm reminded of a joke I heard a long time ago:
[Average] Joe is having a conversation with God and asks, "What's a million years like to you?"
God answers, "A million years is like a minute."
Then Joe asks, "What's a million dollars to you?"
God says, "A million dollars is like a penny."
Joe thinks for a moment, then asks, "God, can I have a penny?"
God replies, "In a minute."
Birth. It makes everything else a lot easier to get once you've been born.
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I think this quote adequately sums up your point quite succinctly.