2006-10-13 06:25:55 · 14 answers · asked by bp23 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
With the same power He created the sun, and everything else.
2006-10-13 06:29:51 · answer #1 · answered by beek 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Let's put aside the old "God is God, he can do anything" argument.
Even from a creationist point of view (please tell me you don't believe that God created the Earth literally in six days, then rested on the seventh. I mean, come on, if he didn't create the Big Bang [which was an instantaneous event, not lasting 6 days or even 6 seconds] and send the universe off and running in a way that we humans would be able to one day discover, then why would he need 6 days to do it? As St. Thomas taught us, time is a function of the universe God created, not a function of God. Time just doesn't apply to him. As far as God's concerned, yesterday, today and tomorrow are all the same. It's just you and me and our little, tiny minds that can't perceive the universe all at once, so let's not impose our temporal restrictions on God).
K, back to the light issue. Light is just a form of electromagnetic energy. It doesn't have to come from the sun. God could have created the concept of light, and the laws governing its behaviour, before he created the sun or anything else.
Incidentally, in the Big Bang, the first thing that was created was light... then matter... which was then seperated into this kind of matter and that kind...
There are many strong parallels between the biblical description of the creation and the scientific description. What do you think would have happened if God had tried to describe the Big Bang to, say, Noah or Abraham? Maybe God gave them a simpler (though still essentially true) description of how He created the universe, knowing that their descendents would one day be able to understand the true nature of the creation, and figure it out for themselves.
2006-10-13 13:46:44 · answer #2 · answered by Dim 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What makes you assume that ALL light comes from the sun? You seem to have a misunderstanding of basic astrophysics.
According to astrophysicists, the universe is filled with a background of electromagnetic radiation (I.E.: a form of light) that sprang out of matter shortly after the Big Bang, long before there were any stars, galaxies, or the sun. This radiation has been red shifted into the microwave range by the expansion of the universe, but when originally formed, it was in visible wavelengths (I.E.: it was a flash of visible light formed by the creation of the universe).
This has been scientifically verified so many times by satellites and ground based radio astronomy antennas that I wonder why people still try to question Genesis 1:3.
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In cosmology, the cosmic microwave background radiation (most often abbreviated CMB but occasionally CMBR, CBR or MBR, also referred as relic radiation) is a form of electromagnetic radiation discovered in 1965 that fills the entire universe. It has a thermal 2.725 kelvin black body spectrum which peaks in the microwave range at a frequency of 160.4 GHz, corresponding to a wavelength of 1.9 mm. Most cosmologists consider this radiation to be the best evidence for the hot big bang model of the universe....
....A number of Christian and traditional Jewish sources have accepted the Big Bang as a possible description of the origin of the universe, interpreting it to allow for a philosophical first cause. Pope Pius XII was an enthusiastic proponent of the Big Bang even before the theory was scientifically well established and consequently the Roman Catholic Church has been a prominent advocate for the idea that creation ex nihilo can be interpreted as consistent with the Big Bang. This view is shared by many religious Jews in all branches of rabbinic Judaism.
2006-10-13 13:46:01 · answer #3 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If mere humans can create light without the sun, light bulbs, don't you think God could have done it. He's the creator of the universe I think He can handle that little problem.
2006-10-13 14:54:48 · answer #4 · answered by Rick D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, The Sun is just one of many chemical reaction in the universe that generate light. Every see hot lava? Turned on an electric stove? These are just some examples that we are familiar with that makes light.
The Big Bang theory suggests that there was a massive explosion. I bet that was pretty bright. best wishes.
2006-10-13 13:33:25 · answer #5 · answered by Odindmar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a no brainer question Jesus is the truth the way and the light in the beginning was him and he is God and its not hard considering the new heaven and new earth the sun will be gone the only light will be the light of God
2006-10-13 13:29:41 · answer #6 · answered by LiLHuDNaLL18 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The same way you find oil before you burn it. not the other way around if the concept of light does not exist how can the sun provide it.
2006-10-13 13:30:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
do you think that the sun is the only source of light... are you seriously trying to sound intelligent by making a statement that basically says that light can only come from the sun???? wow that is impressive...
2006-10-13 13:33:00 · answer #8 · answered by 57chevy 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Light is a multi-dimensional thing. When it shines through
a prism, it breaks down into 6 colors.
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Combined,
they create white, or clear light.
As you know, there are subspectrums to light as well.
(more multi-dimensional aspects). Like ultraviolet and infrared.
2006-10-13 13:31:18 · answer #9 · answered by zenbuddhamaster 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is not possible, another flaw in the bible's foundation.
Read on , you will find many flaws that will have you wondering what is wrong with people of christian belief, do they have brains to reason like other human beings or do they belong to the animal kingdom, who can not use their brain for reasoning.
2006-10-13 13:37:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋