Ah. So the references need to be taken in context. There is some context in which references such as "the greater light [the sun] to rule the day, and the lesser light [the moon] to rule the night", or "the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them", or "the circle of the earth [with] heavens like a curtain ... like a tent to live in", or "a firmament [heaven] in the midst of the waters [to] divide the waters [under the firmament] from the waters [above the firmament]" make sense.
Remember, all I am attempting to do here is point out that references such as these do not fit in a document held to be historical and/or divine - because they make assertions about the universe that resemble nothing outside of the document itself. Thus, beyond a rather quaint literary interest, said references and other similar ones are neither historical nor divine and can be filed away with similar myths from other cultures. They have no more validity or connection with reality than Nut, the Egyptian Sky Goddess.
There's only so many times I'm going to keep riding the magic roundabout here. I've presented - yet again - the case I set out to make and I leave it to others to decide if I succeeded. Whether the points raised are addressed or not is beyond my concern.
Remember, all I am attempting to do here is point out that references such as these do not fit in a document held to be historical and/or divine - because they make assertions about the universe that resemble nothing outside of the document itself. Thus, beyond a rather quaint literary interest, said references and other similar ones are neither historical nor divine and can be filed away with similar myths from other cultures. They have no more validity or connection with reality than Nut, the Egyptian Sky Goddess.
There's only so many times I'm going to keep riding the magic roundabout here. I've presented - yet again - the case I set out to make and I leave it to others to decide if I succeeded. Whether the points raised are addressed or not is beyond my concern.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
