What do we do with a literal six day creation Exodus 20:11?

Does the fact Moses bases the Sabbath rest on the seventh day on a literal six day creation (Ex.20:11) have implications for how we understand the Creation accounts in Genesis 1-2?

The Creation literally happened in six normal, standard, consecutive days. As it says in Genesis 1-2. 

Yep

God created the universe in six days, and on the seventh day he rested.

That's how I read it, but a lot of really smart people like William Lane Craig and John Lennox read the Genesis Creation accounts in such a way that reconciles the Genesis Creation account with Billions of years, but to me it seems that a plain reading of Exodus 20:11 doesn't allow for that sort of reading/interpretation. It seems to me from Exodus 20:11 that Moses really believed God created everything in six days, and traditionally Moses is considered to be the one who wrote the Genesis Creation accounts.

Well, that is called the gap theory, and how my dad put it is this way:

Genesis 1:1 is an introduction to the whole Bible, and Genesis 1:2 is the beginning of the book of Genesis.

The gap theory is a theory that there is a gap between Gen. 1:1 and Gen. 1:2.

Also, It doesn't matter how smart someone is, it matters if the Lord speaks to them while they're reading the Bible. Steven Hawking was considered one of the smartest people in the world, but he was stupid because he denied that God existed.

Yes, agree that it doesn't matter how smart someone is. Smart people can also be wrong. Steven Hawking is a great example of a smart person who was wrong about the existence of God.

I am a Progressive Creationist (Old earth, no evolution).  My attitude is that this is NOT a salvation issue and at that level I have no problem worshipping along side of YEC and Christians who believe in evolution, like the bio-logos people.  

My sole concern is when YEC people tell young people they have to believe in YE to be a Christian.  That kind of talk has driven young people from the church when they can't reconcile that position with established science.  

My position is 100% literal scripture (in the original language) and matches science for the most part.  Recent science discoveries are making it closer.  If you want to get into the details, I will be happy to.   

It isn't a salvation issue. You're right. I can't imagine how Christians could believe in evolution.

Blasted mobile devices... I agree with you Dauntless. Or Colt. 

Too many people treat little matters like you aren't saved if you don't believe them. The only thing that truly matters is Jesus and what He did 2000 years ago.

Yep.

Perhaps this debate would be of some use:

https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/literally-in-6-days-6-000-years-old

My question for those who believe that God used billions of years and evolution to create the world, then why did Moses, who wrote the Genesis creation accounts and presumably understood what he was writing, base the Sabbath commandment on a literal 6 creation days, if he knew it didn't happen like that?

I read Dr. Collins book (A Christian who started the bio-logos movement, a Christian who is a strong evolutionist) .  Unlike me, he doesn't take Gen 1 literally.  

No one seems to address my camp, that the earth is billions of years old, but we seem to agree that evolution is not correct.  There is such strong evidence against evolution, like the Avalon explosion, the Cambrian explosion, the rapid speciation after mass extinction events, etc. that if it wasn't the only game in town for the atheist, I doubt anyone would believe it today.  BTW, you need to know what the Avalon and especially the Cambrian explosion are if you talk to atheists.  

I don't consider this a strong argument because there is also the sabbath year, where the land was suppose to lay dormant every seventh year.   The idea is cycles of seven.

Opie, you might by persuaded to consider the merits of young earth after reader this brother's paper. I post this thought-provoking piece from the distinguished Dr. Samec whose numerous publications grace the SAO/NASA Astrophysical Data System (ADS)... its fairly advanced so try to hang in there:

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.248.6316&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Can you share his best one or two points please?  I've read a lot of YEC material (Including Kent Hovind's book) and on the surface they read great.  However, when I took them point by point they all fell apart.  I'm just not up to reading a technical paper that I really doubt will be of value.  

However, if you tell me a few points I will consider them and discus as unbiased as my worldview will allow.  I used to be a YEC too, but now the Progressive Creationist position makes more sense both scientifically and Biblically.