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?
1;1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ( True. A big bang happened.) 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep ( True. Thick clouds of chemicals completely hid the sun) , and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. ( What would you use for a dark, formless, primitive chemical “soup” that a primitive people might understand? )
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. ( It does not say that God created the light, does it? ) 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. ( Oops! The clouds are clearing away from the surface of the earth.) 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day ( Which does not mean 24 hours of our time) .
This doesn't even come close to the concise detail and accuracy of Genesis.