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Genesis 1
1 IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3 is one account of the creation. Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 3:24 is a totally different creation account. It is much easier to distinguish this in Hebrew, but the big clue is that in the first account if refers to "God" exclusively and in the second account it refers to "the LORD God" exclusively.
If god is eternal and dwells in the heavens, where did he dwell before he created the heavens?
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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This verse explains that everything was water before the firmament (heavens) were created. So the universe was full of water? This doesn't match with any evidence we have in the universe.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
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So water is above and below the heavens.
As we see in verse 20, we have birds flying in the "firmament", which can only lead one to believe that _the firmament_ and _heavens_ just means *the sky*.
From what we know from space exploration, does this claim that water is above the sky make sense? Perhaps the author wrote this to explain rain. However, if the author was inspired by a god who knows everything, why would they write something so inaccurate?
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
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So water is above and below the heavens.
As we see in verse 20, we have birds flying in the "firmament", which can only lead one to believe that the firmament and heavens just means the sky.
From what we know from space exploration, does this claim that water is above the sky make sense? Perhaps the author wrote this to explain rain. However, if the author was inspired by a god who knows everything, why would they write something so inaccurate?
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
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10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
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11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
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Here we have plants (from verse 12) growing on the 3rd day, while in verse 16 he didn't create the sun until the 4th day. From what we understand about the needs of plants to photosynthesize, this order does not make sense.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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Here we have plants (from verse 12) growing on the 3rd day, while in verse 16 he didn't create the sun until the 4th day. From what we understand about the needs of plants to photosynthesize, this order does not make sense.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
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14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
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15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
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16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
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Here we have plants (from verse 12) growing on the 3rd day, while in verse 16 he didn't create the sun until the 4th day. From what we understand about the needs of plants to photosynthesize, this order does not make sense.
How was there light on day 1 (verse 5) if there was no sun until day 4?
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So here we have the sun, moon, and even **stars** created **after the earth**. This directly contradicts everything we know about the creation of the solar system based on observable evidence.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
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18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
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19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
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20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
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This verse seems to equate the sky with the heavens. Which makes sense if this is a legend written by people that didn't know about space.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
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23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
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24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
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25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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Here we switch from a singular God to god now using the plural 'us'.
This verse mentions a female being created, but eve isn't created until chapter 2 (gen 2:22).
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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Blessed whom? Adam comes in Gen 2:7 and God has not thought about a woman until Gen 2:18. The story gets ahead of itself.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
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30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
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31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
