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To: Muridae
the creation story according to Genesis, it all starts with waters being parted,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Oh wow! No it doesn't.

Genesis 1:1-2

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ( Yep! First the heavens and earth were created. True!)

2 Now the earth was formless and empty, ( true) darkness was over the surface of the deep ( true) , and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. ( what word or words for “water” would you use that would be better for a primitive people to grasp?)

Here's another challenge that will be impossible for you. Find another creation story of a primitive people that more accurately describes what we now know to be true about the creation of the universe, earth, the appearance of plant and animal life and finally man.

Please, try to find one. ( No, the Babylonian creation story doesn't count. It is either a variation of the Genesis story or a somewhat corrupted version of the same story.)

195 posted on 12/30/2011 2:27:43 PM PST by wintertime (I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
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To: wintertime

Actually, this demonstrates my point:

Light - and the sun and stars, while we’re at it - were around long, long, long before anything that could be described as The Earth was.

So if in the beginning, god was floating over the waters on earth, and then created light, and after that the sun and stars, that’s simply wrong.

>Here’s another challenge that will be impossible for you. Find another creation story of a primitive people that more accurately describes what we now know to be true about the creation of the universe, earth, the appearance of plant and animal life and finally man.

According to Sanskrit tradition, the universe grew from a seed and will eventually return to it, going through numerous cycles of growth and sleep. Sounds a great deal like the big bang & big crunch, doesn’t it?


217 posted on 12/30/2011 3:34:04 PM PST by Muridae
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