Was the universe and everything in
it created in six days?
No.
Among the bible-based religions of
the world, this is accepted as truth as a matter of faith. For my fellow scientific minds of the world,
a six day creation offends their intelligence.
A large portion of the general population sweepingly accepts modern-day
scientific knowledge as proof that God does not exist. A curious conclusion indeed, coming from
those who are not scientific or spiritual.
I boldly propose they are all
wrong. God does exist, The Creation as
depicted in Genesis is accurate, and science proves it. Genesis was recorded in 1450 - 1410 B.C.
It had to be understood throughout the generations, which alone is miraculous. The story had to be clear enough to be
understood by our pre-scientific ancestors, and still hold true when tested by
the rigors of our current scientific knowledge.
The contention between the religious and scientific communities is
rooted in the six day creation concept.
But
that is not what Genesis says.
Day one of The Creation is grossly
misinterpreted; an interpretation ingrained so deeply in the collective
sub-conscious, even those studying the Bible read it as a six day creation.
But that is not what Genesis says.
What is does say, precisely, is
that the heavens and earth were created sometime before Day One. Perhaps millions, billions or trillions of
years before Day One, but the point is – it does not say they were created on
Day One.
I will detail my hypothesis in the
proceeding pages, showing how Genesis and Science are not at odds with each
other, but in perfect harmony. God is
just a lot less verbose about it.
Chapter One: The
Beginning
Genesis 1 1-5:
1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2
The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the
deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
3
Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
4
God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light day, and the darkness He
called night. And there was evening and
there was morning, one day.
Genesis 1 1-5 tells us God created
the heavens and earth, then He was moving over Earth, He allowed light, then
separated light from darkness “In the beginning.” Think carefully about this. How can this be Day One of Creation, when “a
day” didn’t even exist until God called the light “day” in verse 5? One Day was not established as one day until
His work of creating the heavens and earth, allowing light and then separating
light from darkness occurred, which He plainly tells us took place “in the
beginning.” The last line of verse 5
“And there was evening and there was morning, one day” tells us one day must
have an evening and a morning; neither of which exist at the point He was
creating the heavens and earth.
What does science say about this?
According to NASA:
The Big Bang Model is a broadly accepted theory
for the origin and evolution of our universe. Scientists believe our solar
system formed from a giant, rotating cloud of gas and dust known as the solar
nebula. Most of the material in the
solar nebula was pulled toward the center and formed the sun. The rest of the material stuck together to
form asteroid-sized objects called planetesimals. Some of these planetesimals
then combined to become the nine large planets.
Scientists theorize that Earth began as a
waterless mass of rock surrounded by a cloud of gas. Radioactive materials in
the rock and increasing pressure in Earth's interior produced enough heat to
melt the interior of Earth. The heat of the interior caused other chemicals
inside Earth to rise to the surface. Some of these chemicals formed water, and
others became the gases of the atmosphere. The heavy materials, such as iron,
sank. The light silicate rocks rose to Earth's surface and formed the earliest
crust.
I am fascinated by the qualifiers
used in these statements “scientists believe…”, “scientists theorize…” In other words, scientists don’t know what
happened. Even more fascinating, their
theories and beliefs are little more than science-speak for what was detailed
in Genesis over 3500 years ago. If
scientists of today do not know what happened, surely the people that lived
3500 years ago had no possible way of knowing what happened – but guess who
did, The Creator. Moreover, God The
Creator knew the exact words to choose that could be understood through
thousands of generations with an ever-increasing understanding of the universe
and our place in it.
Let’s examine each point line by
line.
Genesis 1 1: In the beginning God created the heavens and
the earth.
The Big Bang Model blew the Bible
right out of the ballgame. How can The
Creation in Genesis be true? We now know
a “big bang” originated the universe and all that is in it. The Big Bang Model was the tipping
point. Armed with the Big Bang theory,
people leaned toward science and away from God.
We didn’t need God anymore, we had science. God must be some romantic notion people
created to fill in the blanks. Our science
now fills in those blanks, which renders God obsolete.
Who fired that “big bang” gun, no
one knows. It seems painfully obvious
to me. The Big Bang Model does not
negate God’s existence; it is nothing more than the point in time when God
created the heavens and the earth. Bang! There is was.
Genesis 1 2: The
earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep…
NASA:
Scientists theorize that Earth
began as a waterless mass of rock surrounded by a cloud of gas.
This is just different phrasing
meaning the same thing. Scientists
describe Earth’s beginning as a waterless mass of rock. God told us the Earth was formless and
void. A waterless mass of rock certainly
is formless and void.
Genesis 1 2: The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep…
NASA:
Scientists theorize that Earth began as a waterless mass of rock surrounded by a cloud of gas.
Scientists say the newborn Earth
was surrounded by a cloud of gas.
Scientists disagree on what exactly that gas was comprised of; some
“believe” the gas enveloping Earth contained hydrogen; helium, methane, and ammonia,
where other scientists contend it contained a large amount of carbon
dioxide. They all agree Earth’s earliest atmosphere contained little oxygen.
No matter which side of the
scientific fence you are on regarding the contents of those gases, the resulting
soup would not allow sunlight to penetrate down to planet Earth itself. Connect that with Astronomers believing that
the sun was about 30 percent fainter when Earth first formed than it is today,
and what do you get?
Thick envelope of gas + faint sun
= darkness over the surface of the deep.
Fascinating. In the 3500 years
that have transpired between the recording of Genesis and today, our most
brilliant minds with their most complex mathematical equations cannot offer
their beloved “scientific proof.” The
best they can do is theorizing established beliefs about what may have happened. They use lots and lots of fancy scientific
words attempting to describe their theories, when God told us the same thing in
just 15 simple words thousands of years ago.
Genesis 1 3
Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
NASA: Most of the material in the solar nebula
was pulled toward the center and formed the sun. According to the theory, the
pressure at the center became great enough to trigger the nuclear reactions
that power the sun. Eventually, solar eruptions occurred, producing a solar
wind. In the inner solar system, the wind was so powerful that it swept away
most of the lighter elements.
Huh. Perhaps the theoretical
ancient solar winds blew the thick envelope of gas away from planet earth,
allowing sunlight to reach the surface.
Perhaps it is just spooky coincidence this occurred in the same sequence
as presented in Genesis 1. Scientists
say the solar wind did it. God said “Let
there be light.”
To recap, the summary of events
thus far have God and science in lockstep with each other:
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Creating a Universe: Sequence of Events
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Team:
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1st Event
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2nd Event
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3rd Event
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4th Event
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God
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Create
the heavens and earth |
Earth
is formless and void |
Darkness
is over the surface |
Let
there be light |
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Scientists
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Big
Bang! |
Earth
is a waterless mass of rock |
Earth
is surrounded by a cloud of thick gas |
Solar
winds blew elements out of Earth’s atmosphere |
In other words, there is nothing
new under the sun. Of our entire advanced, analytical, scientific prowess - we can’t
produce an Origin of The Universe story that differs from The Creation story in
Genesis.
By Brooke Jones, Contributor
