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Re: Has evolutionism become a leading religion?
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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Oh, another question: If creation was done in 6 literal days, when was the earth created?
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form and empty. And darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light that it was good. And God divided between the light and the darkness.
Gen 1:5 And God called the light, Day. And He called the darkness, Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
According to a literalist reading one has to conclude the earth was already created before the first day |
What in that text forces us to say the earth was already created? The Bible begin with "in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" And then the state of the earth is given, void and without form.
At the very BEST all one could do is use the gap theory and say "see right there between Genesis 1:1 & 1:2 millions of years"
But even then one is obligated to admit that God created everything else in 6 days.
Furthermore there isn't anything in the text which demands we divorce verse 1 (or verse 2) from verse 3.
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