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To: frank ballenger

Among others, Catholic writer and host Dr. Ray Guarendi said God said let there be light and two “days” later in the Bible created the Sun and planets. Where did the “light” come from before the Sun?


A college professor once told me “always read the footnotes/endnotes.”

This probably answers your statement above (from the article I already linked to).

[104]Stek, 237, is correct in noting that each “day” of creation has to be the same since the “evening and morning” time expression and the numeral is in each instance identical. In other words, each creation “day” is of equal length. From this he shows that it is not defensible to argue that the first three “days” were long periods of time while the remaining “days” were 24-hour days. The latter position was argued by Edward J. Young, Studies in Genesis One (Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing House, 1964), 104, and has found a recent supporter in R. Clyde McCone, “Were the Days of Creation Twenty-four Hours Long?” The Genesis Debate, 24. Young and followers are inclined to separate the lengths of creation days because they claim that the sun and moon had not been created yet until the fourth day. The question really is whether this is the case. It seems likely that on the fourth day God appointed the sun and moon to rule the day and night respectively. This appointment to the ruling function does not negate that the sun and moon were in existence before. It is possible that they were not visible to the human eye before the fourth day. Some have for this reason suggested that there may have been a vapor or cloud cover before the fourth day.


38 posted on 07/07/2021 9:38:31 AM PDT by Philsworld
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To: Philsworld

More Original Dinosaur Molecules Found

Where, in Congress?


39 posted on 07/07/2021 9:39:29 AM PDT by JayAr36 (My disgust with government is complete.)
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To: Philsworld

Some food for thought. Thanks.


42 posted on 07/07/2021 11:12:41 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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