A couple of years ago, I read a good genesis/science comparison article. The guy suggested that the real meaning of "day" in genesis was "period of sunlight followed by period of darkness." and that something in the translation lost that meaning, going with the simpler "day".
Which fits perfectly with the idea of a mass extinction of dinosaurs by an asteroid or volcanic erruption (bright sunlight followed by period of darkness). The question I actually have is: How the heck did Genesis get so close to our current understanding of the mechanisms of Earth's creation? How much did they know, and how much did they guess when they passed this story from person to person before it was written down? On 3/27/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So... the pragmatic answer is, that god creates the sun, determines > the speed of the earth's rotation and then divides the amount of time > he knows he spent working by the amount of time it takes for the earth > to complete one rotation. Viola, 3-4 days. > > I don't believe that's what happened, but it's not impossible. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201749 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
