(July 9, 2013 at 9:28 pm)Michael Schubert Wrote: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
The question I ask about this passage: How does this ancient writer know this?
Well if you look at the text literally you will clearly see that no scientific claim is being made here. Instead, as with the rest of the bible, you are reading about God and his purpose.
What the writer/s know is how to describe purpose in line with neighbouring cultural endeavour.
If you want to explore that in great depth I'd recommend John H Walton's "the lost world of genesis one".
