(March 17, 2015 at 8:19 pm)Jenny A Wrote:Day 3 (nearly halfway through the creation chronology), we read the biblical text description of the large continental landmass growth. This British research team confirms that earth’s landmass growth occurred primary in pulses halfway in earth’s history (caused primarily thru tectonic activity).(March 16, 2015 at 1:13 am)snowtracks Wrote: Even the English word 'day' requires context, i.e., " in their grandfather's day", or "day of the dinosaurs". The creation passages are completely harmonious with science when the Hebrew word 'Yom' is correctly interpreted in context as 'a long but finite period of time'.
Day Three: God gathers the water under the sky to make dry land and puts vegetation on the land. Funny, but I thought the fish came first. Maybe not. But I'm sure ocean critters came first, if not actual fish.
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Earth at one time was completely (or nearly) covered with water.
Gen 1:2 abbreviated - earth was formless and void - darkness over the surface of the deep - the Spirit of God was moving over the water surface.
Science discoveries are verifying that the record of Genesis is inspired, error-free.
Atheist Credo: A universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.