(June 24, 2015 at 6:43 am)Stimbo Wrote: Snowy: yes, thank you, I am fully aware of what the CMB is; I didn't ask that. How does the continued creation prior to Yahweh's day off account for the Cosmic Microwave Background?
“Continued Creation” or ‘Continuing Creation’ are not terms that’s I’ve used for the creation record which is:
Frame of reference - above the earth
1. Material universe creation (’In the beginning…’ via the BBY which includes CMB, space and time dimensions, law of physics. So CMB persist subject to the First law of thermodynamics.
Frame of reference - on the earth’s surface
2. Non-material creation and making earth habitable described as 6 distinct non-contiguous ‘long but finite periods of time’*. During the 7’th ‘Day’ (the last ‘Day’ for this universe) which we’re currently in, God has ceased creation.
Genesis Ch.1 is a summary of creation over 13 billion years** . During most of this time, there wasn’t any creation activity…the last creation activity was ‘Man’ some 75TYA. So for instance, Man, CMB continue to exist.
*The Hebrew ‘Yom’ (translated to English word ’Day’) has 4 literal meanings depending upon context and other criteria. The 24 hour definition is never used in reference to creation.
**Other references add details to the summary; i.e., Chapter2, Books: Psalms, Job, etc..
Atheist Credo: An universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.