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Day 1 - 15,750,000,000 - 7,750,000,000 years ago

Biblical description: The creation of the universe; light separates from
dark.

Scientific description: The big bang marks the creation of the universe;
light literally breaks free as electrons bond to atomic nuclei; galaxies
start to form

Day Two - 7,750,000,000 - 3,750,000,000 years ago

Biblical: The heavenly firmament forms.

Scientific: Disk of Milky Way forms; Sun, a main sequence star, forms

Day Three - 3,750,000,000

Biblical: Oceans and dry land appear; the first life, plants, appear;
kabalah states this marked only the start of plant life, which then
developed during the following days

Hey guys

There is a specific type of creationist that argues that Genesis, by proper
interpretation, does in fact parallel the creaiton of the cosmos.

So, my question to you guys, is how do you argue with this? The way I see
it, it is a gross resprentation of Genesis to disect it so much, and
basically just draw conclussions to whatever to make it seem like it fits.

How would you argue this?

Thanks
GreenEggsNSpam

Hey guys

There is a specific type of creationist that argues that Genesis, by
proper interpretation, does in fact parallel the creaiton of the
cosmos.

For example, Day 4 in Genesis says that the sun, moon and stars were
created. Obvioulsy this is wrong becuase you can't have the earth's
formation without the sun. So they explain it like this:

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According to Talmud (500 CE), on the fourth day of Genesis, the Sun,
Moon, and Stars became visible in the heavens, so that they could be
used to tell the times and seasons.

Day four correllates to a time 1.75 billion to 750 million years ago,
when the atmospheric concentration of photosynthetically produced
oxygen rose to concentrations comparable with today's atmosphere.
There are indications that with the further cooling of Earth and the
rise in atmospheric oxygen, the atmosphere, formerly translucent,
became transparent.

Science agrees with the Talmudic interpretation that plant life
existed on earth before the heavenly bodies would have been clearly
visible in the sky. ------------------

They are basing their arguments off of interpreations of the bible.
A point in their arguing is that the interpretations were drawn 1500
years ago, before we had science that told us such things. They are
using the "1500 year old Talmudic interpretation" of Genesis. Here
are more examples:

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Day 1 - 15,750,000,000 - 7,750,000,000 years ago

Biblical description: The creation of the universe; light separates
from dark.

Scientific description: The big bang marks the creation of the
universe; light literally breaks free as electrons bond to atomic
nuclei; galaxies start to form

Day Two - 7,750,000,000 - 3,750,000,000 years ago

Biblical: The heavenly firmament forms.

Scientific: Disk of Milky Way forms; Sun, a main sequence star, forms

Day Three - 3,750,000,000

Biblical: Oceans and dry land appear; the first life, plants, appear;
kabalah states this marked only the start of plant life, which then
developed during the following days

Scientific: The earth has cooled and liquid water appears 3.8 billion
years ago followed almost immediately by the first forms of life:
bacteria and photosynthetic algae

Day Four - 1,750,000,000 - 7,500,000 years ago

Biblical: Sun, Moon, and stars become visible in the heavens (Talmud
Hagigah 12a)

Scientific: Earth's atmosphere becomes transparent; photosynthesis
produces oxygen-rich atmostphere

Day Five - 750,000,000 - 250,000,000

Biblical: First animal life swarms abundantly in waters; followed by
reptiles and winged animals

Scientific: First multicellular animals; waters swarm with animal life
having the basic body plans of all future animals; winged insects
appear.

Day Six - 250,000,000 - ~6,000 years ago

Biblical: Land animals; mammals; humankind

Scientific: Massive extinction destroys over 90% of life. Land is
repopulated: hominids and then humans.


"Day two began 7.75 billion years ago and ended 3.75 billion years
ago. During that period most of the stars of the Milky Way's spiral
formed. The Sun, a main sequence star located in the spiral, formed
4.6 billion years ago. The oldest stars of the Milky Way are found in
globular clusters, outside the spiral disk, and are barely visible to
unaided vision.

The Bible tells that on day two the heavenly firmament took shape.
From our vantage, the heavens we see are almost totally composed of
stars of the Milky Way's main spiral disk."
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So, my question to you guys, is how do you argue with this? The way
I see it, it is a gross resprentation of Genesis to disect it so
much, and basically just draw conclussions to whatever to make it
seem like it fits.

How would you argue this?

Thanks
GreenEggsNSpam

So, my question to you guys, is how do you argue with this? The way I see
it, it is a gross resprentation of Genesis to disect it so much, and
basically just draw conclussions to whatever to make it seem like it fits.

How would you argue this?

Hey guys

There is a specific type of creationist that argues that Genesis, by
proper interpretation, does in fact parallel the creaiton of the cosmos.

So, my question to you guys, is how do you argue with this? The way I see
it, it is a gross resprentation of Genesis to disect it so much, and
basically just draw conclussions to whatever to make it seem like it fits.

How would you argue this?

Thanks
GreenEggsNSpam

Hey guys

There is a specific type of creationist that argues that Genesis, by proper
interpretation, does in fact parallel the creaiton of the cosmos.