Genesis 1:3 says "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." The first reference to stars is Genesis 1:14 "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", yet Genesis 1:12 says, "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." So where did the light come from before the stars were "created", and how did the plants live without the stars to produce the light? As most people who took any basic biology course know, plants need light for photosynthesis to produce glucose. Why does the Bible view the moon as a source of light? Genesis 1:16, "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."
I'm also curious how many people take this account literally.
2007-05-06
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