(1) First sentence: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
No, earth came about 5 Billion years ago, that's 9 Billion years after the Big Bang.
(2) Next: "3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
No, photons existed at the Big Bang, not after the earth was created, so light was created 14 billions years ago, not when earth was created. Day and night only make sense in terms of the sun-earth system, but I doubt the writers of the bible ever understood that concept.
(1) The creation of light is followed immediately about
(2) the creation of day and night.
Considering that (1) took place 14 billion years ago and (2) took place 5 billion years ago, these are not on the same scale.
This clearly indicates that the authors of the bible were just guessing. And in light of the rudimentary knowledge of the world they had in those days, it can be considered as "reasonable", if you're willing to be very, very generous, but nothing we would consider as accurate. Not when you've missed by 9 billion years!!
No, earth came about 5 Billion years ago, that's 9 Billion years after the Big Bang.
(2) Next: "3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
No, photons existed at the Big Bang, not after the earth was created, so light was created 14 billions years ago, not when earth was created. Day and night only make sense in terms of the sun-earth system, but I doubt the writers of the bible ever understood that concept.
(1) The creation of light is followed immediately about
(2) the creation of day and night.
Considering that (1) took place 14 billion years ago and (2) took place 5 billion years ago, these are not on the same scale.
This clearly indicates that the authors of the bible were just guessing. And in light of the rudimentary knowledge of the world they had in those days, it can be considered as "reasonable", if you're willing to be very, very generous, but nothing we would consider as accurate. Not when you've missed by 9 billion years!!
