(June 9, 2013 at 7:02 pm)Ryantology Wrote: That's at least part of what Genesis is, is it not? Why bother trying to explain anything about the origin of the world?
The book doesn't try to explain anything about the origins of the world. It uses current (ancient) cosmology as it's language to explain purpose, Gods purpose.
The ancient cosmology is precisely that. Nothing more.