glaring error

RickA said...

Several people have posted evidence that disproves the Biblical account. Maybe you missed the posts but they are there. Go back and read through all the threads.

Here is just one of the things that prove Genesis wrong that was posted on the first day of this "trial":

Genesis claims that God created light on the first day and divided the light from the darkness and that was the first morning and first evening. We know this is wrong because according to Genesis God didn't create stars that produce light until the 4th day.

You cannot have light without stars and you can't have a morning and a night without the earth rotating and pointing different parts of the earth towards the Sun.

Several people posted this glaring error and last time I checked not one Creationist even attempted a reply. Will you be the first?

@RickA

Actually, RickA, this point has been refuted numerous times. And not just by "creationists". (I seem to recall that even Steven_J weighed in on this.)

This "glaring error" you observe only appears when you inject an unwarranted assumption into the text, specifically, the idea that either of the creation accounts are presented in chronological order.

The apparent "contradiction" between the two creation accounts has also been raised, numerous times. And, again, the source of that "contradiction" is the assumption that both of the accounts are presented in chronological order.

We easily recognize that at least one of the two accounts is not presented in chronological order. That's pretty easy to figure out. What seems to be more difficult for some to decipher, is that there is no warrant for the idea that either of the accounts is ordered chronologically.

Instead, we find the ideas are presented in an order that emphasizes the author's main idea. It appears that the author is emphasizing the hierarchy of creation.

We observe the author includes a helpful mnemonic, a way for us to recognize God's creative power, and His creation, each and everyday of the week.