Blogging the Bible
You’d think God would know exactly what He’s doing, but He doesn’t. He’s a tinkerer. He tries something out—what if I move all the water around so dry land can appear? He checks it out. He sees “that it was good.” Then He moves on to the next experiment—how about plants? Let’s try plants.
This haphazardness may be why Creation seems so out of order. If God made light on the first day, what was giving the light, since the sun doesn’t appear until the fourth day? And God tackles the major geological and astronomical features during the first two days—light, sky, water, earth. But Day 3 is a curious interruption—plant creation—that is followed by a return to massive universe-shaping projects on Day 4 with the sun, moon, and stars. The plant venture is a tangent—like putting a refrigerator into a house before you’ve put the roof on.
Does the Lord love insects best? They’re so nice He made them twice: On Day 5 He makes “the living creatures of every kind that creep.” Three verses, and 24 hours later, He makes “all kinds of creeping things of the earth.”
En Slate están posteando a diario sobre la Biblia. Continuará…
M
April 19, 2007 @ 11:16 pm
Just some points:
1. The sun is not the only source of light!
2. Chapter two of Genesis, where it seems that things are getting created twice, is God working in the Garden of Eden…you have to read that closely.
check out the following for more details:
http://www.godandscience.org