Comments on: Genesis 1:14 http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/04/30/genesis-114/ "Mann trakht und Gott lakht" Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:32:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Robert G http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/04/30/genesis-114/comment-page-1/#comment-1344 Robert G Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:20:29 +0000 http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/04/30/genesis-114/#comment-1344 Unless you understand the Genesis account as Moses' tale of what he saw from his own scientifically primitive understanding. At this point, light was already created - the sun had ignited. If you take the astrophysics view of creation, at that point the earth had solidified from the coalescing cosmic dust, and the sun's ignition blew the uncondensed dust and gas away from the newly formed earth. This left an earthly atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide, which gave the surface a hazy, diffuse light, which would not allow an observer to distinguish the sun or stars. If we understand Moses as being on the earth at this point, the photosynthetic processes of the newly formed plant life would begin to clear the atmosphere of carbon dioxide, and replace it with the more translucent oxygen. Eventually, as the atmosphere became clearer, the sun would appear as a distinct heavenly body, followed by the stars. Only at this point could they be used as signs for days, seasons, etc. Unless you understand the Genesis account as Moses’ tale of what he saw from his own scientifically primitive understanding. At this point, light was already created - the sun had ignited. If you take the astrophysics view of creation, at that point the earth had solidified from the coalescing cosmic dust, and the sun’s ignition blew the uncondensed dust and gas away from the newly formed earth. This left an earthly atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide, which gave the surface a hazy, diffuse light, which would not allow an observer to distinguish the sun or stars. If we understand Moses as being on the earth at this point, the photosynthetic processes of the newly formed plant life would begin to clear the atmosphere of carbon dioxide, and replace it with the more translucent oxygen. Eventually, as the atmosphere became clearer, the sun would appear as a distinct heavenly body, followed by the stars. Only at this point could they be used as signs for days, seasons, etc.

]]> By: Tim J. http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/04/30/genesis-114/comment-page-1/#comment-1337 Tim J. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:59:57 +0000 http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/04/30/genesis-114/#comment-1337 "<em>At this point the chronology raises questions - because the previous verse refers to the growing of grasses, trees and other plant life, the day (or time period) before this one - where the lights were placed in the heavens. It would seem that, among other things, this order of creation might interfere just a bit with the normal process of photosynthesis</em>." Thus reinforcing my belief that what is being described here is actually the Spiritual Creation--the physical coming to pass a little later. “At this point the chronology raises questions - because the previous verse refers to the growing of grasses, trees and other plant life, the day (or time period) before this one - where the lights were placed in the heavens. It would seem that, among other things, this order of creation might interfere just a bit with the normal process of photosynthesis.”

Thus reinforcing my belief that what is being described here is actually the Spiritual Creation–the physical coming to pass a little later.

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