What does "science" say that the Bible doesn't?
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Like I said multiple times this "he" is a she just to verify that and throw it out there
The Bible explains everything "perfectly?" Let's look at this from a different angle. I'll used the KJV, since it was the version I grew up with.
Day 1: Gen. 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (How is it that the earth was without form and void? Would this be the accretion process from the dust disk around the newly born sun? Oh, never mind, the sun hadn't been created yet.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. (What light was this, since the sun hadn't yet been created? Was it a work light?)
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. (So an omniscient god had to create light and look at it to know that "it was good?" He wouldn't have known that before he created it?)
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. (Again, the sun had not yet been created, so what was the light to call day?"
Day 2: Gen. 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. (So there was sky in the midst of the waters? Would that be comets crashing into the Earth? Oh, that's right, there can't be an Earth yet, because the sun hasn't been created, to have a dust disk for planetary accretion, so exactly what does this mean?) 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. (Again, where did the water come from?) 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Day 3: Gen. 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. (The planet was far too hot in its beginning to have had water on it. It would have evaporated. This is why we know that most of the water on the planet came from comets, and again, your omniscient god had to experiment first, then come to the conclusion that "it was all good.") 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (Oh dear, there still was no sun, so how did the grass, herb & tree photosynthesize, or was it that "work light?") 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Day 4: Gen. 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. (Well at least now we have sunlight for photosynthesis.) 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. (He made the stars also? Wow, that seems awfully insignificant for the rest of the universe. By this description, the Earth was made before the rest of the Universe. No wonder in the dark ages, people of "faith" believed that the Earth was the center of the universe, and everything revolved around it. Something we clearly know now is not the case." 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. (Again this omniscient deity had to experiment to see whether or not something was "good.") 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
I'm only going to the end of the forth "day" to point out that from Genesis 1, the Bible does NOT explain everything perfectly. Just in the 1st four "days" everything is all screwed up. Curious to hear your take on all of this.
to Greg, I have a lot to say to you on response but it will take a day or two to put it all together. but you gave me a new tact to pursue.
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