subgenius wrote:again...you and your meme claim that which is not true...you simply point to Genesis...but can not actually quite the verses that conclude what you claim....because the fact is counter to your meme.
That is the only nonsense...which is apparently synonymous with the this thread's "direction"?
Sheesh! It's like I have to do all the work around here!
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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.
<- Waterworld! Nonsense!3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
<-Click!4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
<-Clap on!5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
<-Now we get land! Kinda thought the Earth formed the other way around, but whatever...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.
<-What?? Now we get clouds and rain? How did the water get there in the first place? This story smells... Fishy.8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
<-I always thought Heaven was more ethereal than firm, but who am I to argue with an ancient savage?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.
<-Wait. All the water gathered into one place? Did this story take place during Pangea??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.
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.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
<-Still waitin' on that light source...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:
<-There we go! Yahtzee! Finally. The power grid was starting to get a little taxed lighting all those trees and herbs.15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
<-I know right? You need that light source in order to have light.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.
<-Well. The moon can't really be considered a light source since it's, you know, a moon that reflects a light source.17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
<-I'm quibbling, but the light source isn't really set in a firmament, because, you know, the heavens aren't a firmament....
The Jewish Encyclopedia describes the firmament as follows:
The Hebrews regarded the earth as a plain or a hill figured like a hemisphere, swimming on water. Over this is arched the solid vault of heaven. To this vault are fastened the lights, the stars. So slight is this elevation that birds may rise to it and fly along its expanse.
V/R
Dr. Cam
