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Originally posted by Fromabove
1. The Earth was already made prior to the statement "Let there be light"
2. The Earth was described as a lifeless barren water world covered in total darkness before the statement "Let there be light"
3. In fact, the first statement in Genesis is... "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth.." So the Earth and the universe were already created prior to God saying "Let there be light"
4. The Earth is billions of years old. It was populated countless times with life forms prior to man.
5. The Genesis (of mankind and his world) begins when God says "let there be light" and the clouds of this dark lifeless water world faded to allow sunlight to shine upon the Earth. After this God made the planet suitable for human life and created all the life forms we see today as well. It is the age of man that is 6,000 years old, that is, this man we know today. The Earth however is billions of years old. Re read the Genesis account and you will see that the Earth was already here before God says "Let there be light". The words without form means (life form) and void meant (barren). These words can be found in Strongs Exhaustive Concordance in the origional textual meaning.
To Pythagoras (ca.530 BC) the earth was no longer merely a curved surface with the sky-vault of the firmament overhead, but a sphere suspended in a void. Philolaus, a disciple of Pythagoras, taught that this sphere rotated, and that the motion of the stars – only apparent – was caused thereby.
Originally posted by notreallyalive
It should also be pointed out that if the sun sets, and then rises again, God is adhering to a literal day, which is one rotation of the Earth. Ironically the Earth hadn't been made YET!!
Originally posted by StopComplaining
World made in seven literal days.
Not that anybody really cares what the Bible says, I just wanted to state this because I posted another thread which stated something contrary which I now do not agree with at all. I cannot access the original thread which has been moved to bts.
Hopefully moderators will delete both threads.
Originally posted by GambitVII
I think the important point is that time is relative and that God being omnipotent can easily bend the space-time continuum. I see no reason why our thousands of 'years' could easily turn to days in our relative terms.
Im just saying that it's quite possible that God has done something that has made time seemingly inconsistent.
Originally posted by reasonable
I just don't get how ANYONE can believe this stuff. I mean imagine the bible never existed and someone comes up to you.. "you know.. this planet was created by an all powerful sky daddy.. it took him 6 days, then he had to rest".. It's hilarious.. riiiight.. God the all powerful needed to have a rest after creating a speck of dust in a sunbeam. Sounds like a real wimp to me.
Originally posted by amitheone
Originally posted by GambitVII
I think the important point is that time is relative and that God being omnipotent can easily bend the space-time continuum. I see no reason why our thousands of 'years' could easily turn to days in our relative terms.
Im just saying that it's quite possible that God has done something that has made time seemingly inconsistent.
God being omnipotent has infinite energy. He can increase gravity so as to dilate time.
Relative to God, the entire time of the whole universe - past, present, and future already happened at the blink of his eye during the time of creation. 1 zillion years happens only in about the speed of His thought.
The same thing you'll observe in the black hole. Nearing the singularity where time is reaching at infinity, 1 zillion years happens only a second.
You can dilate time to the infinities only if you are omnipotent possessing infinite amount of energy.
Originally posted by reasonable
So why didn't the bible just flippin state the obvious then? "The Lord dilatedeth the space time continuumth while creating the Earth over billions of years. Man hadith no ideaith for in his being only 6 days passed"
Originally posted by reasonable
So why didn't the bible just flippin state the obvious then? "The Lord dilatedeth the space time continuumth while creating the Earth over billions of years. Man hadith no ideaith for in his being only 6 days passed"
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Originally posted by notreallyalive
It should also be pointed out that if the sun sets, and then rises again, God is adhering to a literal day, which is one rotation of the Earth. Ironically the Earth hadn't been made YET!!
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God created the Earth on day 1.
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
Genesis 1:1
"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."
Genesis 1:5