Russia embraces religious intolerance with draconian blasphemy and anti-gay laws

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K posted. I edited out the insulting tone etc trying to keep to the original as closely as possible. Seems like kindergarten theology to me, although of course a very valid question. Bread and butter to Christians so we should easily get a bite.

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Inconsistencies between biblical and scientific
explanations of creation - Gen 1
God creates light and calls it "day" in Gen 1:5.
However, he doesn't create the sun until "day" 4,
in Gen 1:16.
Scripture states that he created the sun (or
"greater light") to "rule the day", or rather, defines
the whole concept of "day", as well as "evening"
and "morning" mentioned on days 1, 2 and 3,
referenced respectively in Gen 1:5, 1:8, and 1:13.
So how exactly were there "evenings" and
"mornings" without a sun?
Curiously, the sun isn't created until day 4,
whatever day must mean since the sun, the very
thing that defines what is a "day", wasn't created
for the first three of them.
Plants, which require sunlight, were created on
day 3 in Gen 1:11-12. Now, plants, which thrive
on photosynthesis, were created prior to the very
thing that feeds them. You'd think a designer
would work the other way around.
Science tells us that the sun is older than our
earth and plants came much later, after the earth
cooled sufficiently. So day 3 would need to come
after day 4.
God creates the stars in the sky in 1:16 almost as
an afterthought.
Primitive Hebrews didn't realize the stars were
distant suns. Had they known this, perhaps they
would have had the stars created on "day 1",
instead of "day 4". Not only are many stars older
than our sun but they are much older than our
earth. The earth was created on day 3, Gen 1:10.
The firmament was created on day 2 (Gen 1:6).
He calls this firmament "Heaven" (Gen 1:8).
Interestingly enough, the ancient Hebrew word for
"Heaven" and "sky" are one and the same. So the
verse in Gen 1:8 could be translated to "and God
called the firmament 'sky'."
To the ancient Hebrews, the sky must have
looked like a dome and, judging by scripture, they
thought it was.
So, to sum up:
The biblical account of creation:
Day 1: Light and dark, day and night.
Day 2: Heaven
Day 3: Earth, dry land, plants.
Day 4: Sun, moon and stars.
Day 5: Fish, birds.
Day 6: Animals and humans
Day 7: God rests
A scientific representation of the order of events:
Day 1: Time, space, matter
Day 2: Stars
Day 3: Sun, molten earth
Day 4: Cooled earth, sea, plants
Day 5: Animals
Day 6: Humans


(if a mod wants to clean this up be my guest. I've had enough!)

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