God is an acceptable authority for an appeal. He is the only one.
Then you can't use the Bible, as it was written by men. Its claims of inspiration are also written by men. The translations we use were translated by men. And I would wager that your understanding of Gen 1 is not original with you.
I'm not trying to say you're wrong about Gen 1--I'm in substantial agreement with you on it. What I'm trying to point out is that
@annabenedetti has, so far in this thread, as much right to accuse you of false appeal to authority as you do her. You're both appealing to authorities that are not God for your understanding of the passage.
Nothing can be declared true simply because someone says so.
What about "I have a stomach ache"? Am I not an authority on my own physical ailments?
Can you not see the difference between an eyewitness in the PRESENT and someone claiming what happened when nobody was there and in the DISTANT past?
If nobody was there, then there were no witnesses. But Gen 1 appears to be an eyewitness account, handed down to someone who in turn handed it down to someone else (maybe several someone elses), who eventually handed it down to Moses. The whole question this thread hinges on is whether the witness and the recipients of the account are being truthful and accurate in their testimony. The issue, imo, is whose authorities are true and whose are false.
Science claims are never confirmed solely and simply based on an experts claims.
Nor biblical claims based on theologians'. Until you can show differently, which I think you can, Anna's claims and your claims are on equal footing. But you need to show it.