PruePhillip
Well-Known Member
How convenient.
Those old timers were ignorant and superstitious, they'd believe anything.
No, actually, much of the scripture is written this way.
God creates heaven
and the earth
and the earth is dark (2020 studies show it was like cloud enshrouded like Venus)
and oceanic (ca 2005 study showing early earth had little to no dry land)
and sterile (pre-biotic)
and there was light (skies opening, becoming our modern atmosphere)
and the dry land appeared (continent rose, required water to assist the subduction)
and life appeared on land (2020 concensus that life first appeared on land)
and then the seas brought forth life
and finally man
You need to overcome five hurdles in reading this -
1 - translation
2 - oral tradition for millenium
3 - theological language
4 - symbolism
5 - written from a human perspective, from that point non-scientific people could understand.