Anyone who can sit down, crack open the Bible and start reading from Genesis chapter 1, verse 1 and get to chapter 2 without throwing their hands up in disgust is the perfect candidate to be a Christian.
Why do I say this? If you believe that the books of the Bible are either God's word to man that man wrote verbatim, or are first hand eye witness testimony to real events, then you got to ask yourself, why is there so much contradiction and errors?
The most important part of the Bible, the creation of everything as explained in Genesis, is so outrageously wrong. How could God not have gotten all his own stuff correct in his explanations?
I'm so sick of hearing people say you can't take it literally. What!? Isn't this "The Word Of God"?
Monday, March 7, 2011
Monday, September 13, 2010
Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.
See, I knew it! The earth is the land upon which we walk, and not the planet.
My question here though is why is God naming things again? Names are given to things to help with their identity. Who would need to know about these things other than God? Oh wait, that's right, he isn't alone, I almost forgot that in previous verses he was letting his plans be known, so there are clearly others that he would have to explain to, what his creations are.
Next up, why only name the water seas? What happened to the oceans, the lakes, the rivers, and the many other types of bodies of water that exist?
Now this keeps me baffled, that God has to see the end product to know that it is good. Sounds like someone who is clearly experimenting, and has no actual plan or goal.
See, I knew it! The earth is the land upon which we walk, and not the planet.
My question here though is why is God naming things again? Names are given to things to help with their identity. Who would need to know about these things other than God? Oh wait, that's right, he isn't alone, I almost forgot that in previous verses he was letting his plans be known, so there are clearly others that he would have to explain to, what his creations are.
Next up, why only name the water seas? What happened to the oceans, the lakes, the rivers, and the many other types of bodies of water that exist?
Now this keeps me baffled, that God has to see the end product to know that it is good. Sounds like someone who is clearly experimenting, and has no actual plan or goal.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
Okay, this just gets way too confusing... let me try my best to figure it out.
First, our earth that was floating around aimlessly, wasn't. It appears to have all been wet, as this is the first time dry land appeared. So why was the earth mixed in with the water? Why wasn't that explained back in the beginning?
Next, these two groups of water must be very vast and patchy, more like small lakes than one big ocean, that is why he is gathering all the lower water into one place.
Where is it that he has decided to gather all this water, and why have the land finally come out of the water and become dry?
Okay, this just gets way too confusing... let me try my best to figure it out.
First, our earth that was floating around aimlessly, wasn't. It appears to have all been wet, as this is the first time dry land appeared. So why was the earth mixed in with the water? Why wasn't that explained back in the beginning?
Next, these two groups of water must be very vast and patchy, more like small lakes than one big ocean, that is why he is gathering all the lower water into one place.
Where is it that he has decided to gather all this water, and why have the land finally come out of the water and become dry?
Genesis 1:8
And God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
So the expanse between the two layers of water are heaven? So, "Where are these two layers of water located?", "Are there two layers of water with an heaven between them just floating around in space?"
Next we have the passage of time, again... why is the passage of time so important that the author has to mention it like this? Why would he have the character God create less things in the second day than he did in the first?
We know this couldn't be an Earth day time-wise, simply because there is no Earth, and no Sun. So where is the evening and morning taking place?
So the expanse between the two layers of water are heaven? So, "Where are these two layers of water located?", "Are there two layers of water with an heaven between them just floating around in space?"
Next we have the passage of time, again... why is the passage of time so important that the author has to mention it like this? Why would he have the character God create less things in the second day than he did in the first?
We know this couldn't be an Earth day time-wise, simply because there is no Earth, and no Sun. So where is the evening and morning taking place?
Genesis 1:7
And God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
I think I get it now, God doesn't need to verbly help the creation of things, he is actually telling, or suggesting his work to others before actually creating it. So that brings up many new questions, "Who is God speaking to?", "Why is he telling is thoughts to others?", "Is he actually asking for permission?", "What are the others saying to him, since we don't get their part of the conversation?", "Who are these others?"
My next thoughts are not as I had originally thought, he didn't split the water in half from side-to-side, but one layer of water on the bottom, and one on top with the expanse in between. It still however doesn't tell us what the expanse is.
I think I get it now, God doesn't need to verbly help the creation of things, he is actually telling, or suggesting his work to others before actually creating it. So that brings up many new questions, "Who is God speaking to?", "Why is he telling is thoughts to others?", "Is he actually asking for permission?", "What are the others saying to him, since we don't get their part of the conversation?", "Who are these others?"
My next thoughts are not as I had originally thought, he didn't split the water in half from side-to-side, but one layer of water on the bottom, and one on top with the expanse in between. It still however doesn't tell us what the expanse is.
Genesis 1:6
>Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
Again God speaks aloud. I still wonder who he is talking to? Why does certain things he create take speech to empower its creation and other things do not?
So if I understand this right he is deciding to split the body of water that is floating around in space, into two parts. Are they equal parts, or is one smaller than the other? Why split the water in half?
What is the expanse? Is it space, or did he finally come up for a use of the dirt?
Again God speaks aloud. I still wonder who he is talking to? Why does certain things he create take speech to empower its creation and other things do not?
So if I understand this right he is deciding to split the body of water that is floating around in space, into two parts. Are they equal parts, or is one smaller than the other? Why split the water in half?
What is the expanse? Is it space, or did he finally come up for a use of the dirt?
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Genesis 1:5
And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
So I've been afraid to ask the question, as I didn't want to seem the fool, and I've gone under the assumption that God is male. Finally I am given the answer to my unasked question through my patience. Now though I start to wonder who is this male figure "God"? Another question, "Why is his creations more important than him?"
Up until now, God hasn't bothered to name anything, so the next question is, "Why are light and darkness so important to him, that he names them?"
Next question, "Evening and morning to what, or whom?" We know it isn't to the dirt floating around aimlessly, the body of water floating in space, or the heavens themselves, was it? So did he get tired of creating and put on his pajamas and go to sleep?
The author of this book is really starting to tick me off. There doesn't seem to be a method to the madness, and we are only five verses in, and I gotta find out some of the answers to my questions, so onward I will read.
So I've been afraid to ask the question, as I didn't want to seem the fool, and I've gone under the assumption that God is male. Finally I am given the answer to my unasked question through my patience. Now though I start to wonder who is this male figure "God"? Another question, "Why is his creations more important than him?"
Up until now, God hasn't bothered to name anything, so the next question is, "Why are light and darkness so important to him, that he names them?"
Next question, "Evening and morning to what, or whom?" We know it isn't to the dirt floating around aimlessly, the body of water floating in space, or the heavens themselves, was it? So did he get tired of creating and put on his pajamas and go to sleep?
The author of this book is really starting to tick me off. There doesn't seem to be a method to the madness, and we are only five verses in, and I gotta find out some of the answers to my questions, so onward I will read.
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