(June 7, 2013 at 5:15 pm)CleanShavenJesus Wrote: How was the Sun created on the fourth day if the Sun wasn't created until the fourth day? Four days wouldn't pass without the Sun.
I had read the Bible for decades and never thought of this, to be perfectly frank.
Actually - this is one of the OBVIOUS errors in the bible
THe first page of the story of creation alone contains LOTS of things that are simply not consistent with reality.
Obviously - the SUN had to exist first for the development of the earth to happen.
Example - Day and Night are not Light and Darkness - they are actually based on a relationship between the Earth orbiting the sun - and the earth spinning on its axis - and how long it takes to complete ONE revolution of that spinning. . AN all knowing god that created the Solar system - which is NOT mentioned in genesis at all - would have known that. It can be quite dark during the day in some places on earth - and in others - at times - it is dark the whole day - and other times it is LIGHT the whole day as well.
WE also know that the sun generated light - but the moon does not - so IT is not a great light. THere is NO layer of water above the SKY. Humans cannot eat all seed bearing plants safely. And many more - -
Obviously - whoever wrote the bible wrote about the Myths and beliefs of the time - rather than reality.
