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No, it is not reasonable, because you are applying your interpretation ("created" means "made visible") only in the specific passage where you find the literal
by goto11 5y ago
No, it is not reasonable, because you are applying your interpretation ("created" means "made visible") only in the specific passage where you find the literal meaning uncomfortable. If you at least were consistent in your interpretation, your conclusion would be that God didn't create anything, but just made things visible for an observer.
- dane-pgp 5y ago> only in the specific passage where you find the literal meaning uncomfortable. The simplistic meaning is not "uncomfortable", it's ruled out (or at least made questionable) by the text which precedes it. For the other passages there is no such apparent contradiction. > If you at least were consistent in your interpretation For all the other passages, there is no difference between "creating" and "making visible", because there was nothing obscuring the view of the observer. (I suppose that most of the fish species wouldn't have been visible because of the depths or areas where they live, but an observer could have noticed at least some local sea creatures).
- goto11 5y agoThe original question was if Genesis was in conflict with current science. This is clearly the case.