People misread the Bible.
When the six days of creation starts, the earth was already here. The “six day” creation period starts later.
Does anyone really think that there was never such a thing as light until Genesis 1:3.
Darkness was referred to in Genesis 1:1 which presupposes the concept of light. So whatever the process was, the darkness was dispelled — on Earth — because the whole universe is inky black darkness except when you encounter a star.
God did not create the land, he just rearranged it, etc. He created it in bygone eras, commanding (ordaining) a process billions of years ago. He gets down to the literal act of creation in that six day period when life forms are brought forth.
The first chapter of Genesis is strictly a sweeping literary endeavor to introduce God into history with his creation of mankind. It is not an attempt to explain, scientifically, the nuts and bolts of creation.
God did not create the land, he just rearranged it, etc.
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Who created the land for him to rearrange ?
Why would
a God
have to rearrange ?
Verses 1:1 through 1:5 show the earth was created day one.
Psuedo science/exegesis
Vs
Real science / exegesis
hermeneutics, it’s a real thing.
“When the six days of creation starts, the earth was already here. The “six day” creation period starts later.”
“2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.”
the earth was already here. Okay, but it wasn’t the “earth” as we know it now. “the earth was formless and void”.
Were there dinosaurs living on a formless and void earth? What did they eat?
Technically your argument works, but with no consequence.
Okay the earth is billions of years old, the FORMLESS and VOID earth that is. Whatever a formless and void earth is, NOTHING happened until God started creating THIS earth.
SO, any time before creation is meaningless, worthless. So your argument is the same.