InvestigateTruth
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It won't contradict with science if it is understood symbolically.
the six days can be understood to be referring to the six progressive revelations.
with that sense each day refers to appearance of a guidance from God and the light is the symbol of guidance and darkness is the symbol of error. Which was written as:
"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."
with regards to the fourth day again it is in reference to the fourth guidance. This would specially make sense when the Baha'i scriptures explain that the 'Sun' and the 'Moon' which is mentioned in older scriptures in many verses have symbolic meanings.
"The independent Prophets are the lawgivers and the founders of a new cycle.... Without an intermediary They receive bounty from the Reality of the Divinity, and Their illumination is an essential illumination. They are like the sun which is luminous in itself.... The other Prophets are followers and promoters, for they are branches and not independent; they receive the Bounty of the independent Prophets, and they profit by the light of the Guidance of the universal Prophets. They are like the moon which is not luminous and radiant in itself, but receives its light from the sun. " `Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions
"By the terms “sun” and “moon,” mentioned in the writings of the Prophets of God, is not meant solely the sun and moon of the visible universe. Nay rather, manifold are the meanings they have intended for these terms. In every instance they have attached to them a particular significance. Thus, by the “sun” in one sense is meant those Suns of Truth Who rise from the dayspring of ancient glory, and fill the world with a liberal effusion of grace from on high. " Baha'u'llah - Book of Certitude
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