My take on the BIble #5

1:9 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.

This implies that there is/was a single continent and a single ocean on the planet. In actuality there was, 250 million years ago, during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras; it was the super continent Pangaea. Only dilemma the creation story within Genesis is only dated 6000-10,000 yrs ago.

Prior to the break-up, about 180 million years ago, Pangaea was a roughly C-shaped landmass that was spread across the equator. The Tethys Sea was enclosed within the resulting crescent; the vast ocean that surrounded Pangaea has been named Panthalassa, which means "all seas".

1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Why does God keep checking to see that his creation was "good"?

1:11 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.
1:12 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.

Not going to get into too much of a criticism but some points that come to mind:

• Are Genesis 1 and 2 a continuous uniform story? Or are there two distinct scriptures (written many years apart, by two sources, with two differing emphases - physical vs. moral issues)?


• Compare Gen 1:11-13, (27-31) with Genesis 2:4-7. Plants first or man first?

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 .... And the evening and the morning were the third day...So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them...And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

VS

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth ... And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground.


• Take a closer look at Genesis 1:11 (and 1:24). In these verses God does not create plants and animals directly. Is this a sign that Genesis is not as anti-evolution as some would have us believe?



And God said, Let the earth bring forth,,,



• Just a side note, we still don't have a sun to regulate the climate(s) thereby making it impossible for plants to grow. If plants can't grow, how would they yield any seed(s)?

1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Once again, the Sun does not exist yet.