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In a book written for people on Earth with a purpose other than explaining physics? Of course it glosses over a bunch of stuff before any of Earth as we know it
by TallGuyShort 7y ago
In a book written for people on Earth with a purpose other than explaining physics? Of course it glosses over a bunch of stuff before any of Earth as we know it existed. Really - if one doesn't believe in God, fine, but the number of arguments I hear where people say, "An omnipotent being must not exist because I obviously know better and would have done this differently" just astounds me. It's as illogical a train of thought as anything you hear from religious crazies.
- anthk 7y agoNo. The point is those omnipotent fairy tale believers must prove whatever they say. Nothing more. Also, why the Abrahamic God? Goku is more fun. Or Kami Sama.
- justanotherjoe 7y agoIt's not glossed over, it's just wrong. According to genesis There was water before there was light.
- TallGuyShort 7y agoThat's a valid point. The parent one is not. My beef is with atheists criticizing the irrationality of religion and then being as irrational as what they criticize.
- onetimemanytime 7y agoThat ruins it...otherwise this "let there be light" can be used to say it's the Big Bang. >>"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, and it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
- 72deluxe 7y agoI was of the understanding that the opening statement covers the entire universe, and the rest of the explanation covers the formation of the earth from the perspective of someone on the earth. That will explain why the sun and moon only become visible later.
- justanotherjoe 7y agothat's interesting and one I haven't thought about before.
- prmph 7y agoFrom the perspective of an observer on the earth. Light in a general, diffuse form started to penetrate the atmosphere at some point (this is the "creation" of light at 1:3). Then there was an expanse created to form a division between water below and those above. For an observer on earth, light would have only gradually penetrated the waters above as they formed into clouds. Eventually, the sun and moon and stars, and their motions, would become visible (1:14-18)
- justanotherjoe 7y agoWhat is the water above? A thick cloud? I see, so the clouds dissipated and revealed the sun, moon, day and night with it. Is that correct?
- mcv 7y agoYou take this stuff too literally. It's a story from a time when people were just starting to wonder what everything was made up of, and lacked our current understanding of the world.
- justanotherjoe 7y agoI'm sorry if i came off wrong. You're right, I was probably missing the point. I meant no disrespect.