It’s 17/17. Gen. 1:1 isn’t any action, it’s an introductory statement. Read the Hebrew here: http://biblos.com/genesis/1-1.htm
The Hebrew indicates forming, shaping, creating, but from an existing item. http://biblesuite.com/hebrew/1254.htm
53 verb shape, create (compare Arabic probably loan-word, form, fashion by cutting, shape out, pare a reed for writing, a stick for an arrow,....
In the beginning is simply placing it at the start of the Biblical narrative, not just of Genesis, but the entire Masoretic text.
http://biblesuite.com/hebrew/7225.htm
So every example you give is the same thing and none of them imply an act of creation at that moment. It starts in Gen. 1:3, but the introduction of Gen. 1:1 is followed by what God had to work with and what state it was in, see Gen. 1:2.
As to where the pre-Genesis matter came from the Bible doesn’t say and neither will I. Clearly, God is capable of creating anything at anytime.
One interesting item to consider is how increasingly precise measuring instruments have destroyed the concept of “nothing”. In math we think of nothing as a null set, but when measuring the presence or absence of a physical item the fineness of the measurement is what counts. For a long time zero held, then we developed the technology to more precisely measure and nothing became something.
“This is my last post on this thread:”
So along with the fact you refuse to acknowledge your own Church, you refuse to give any substance to your qualifications on spiritual matters you also say one thing and do another.
And you ask me to look to you to clear any ignorance you think I have?
Really?