and before anyone calls me a liar, check it out yourself. It's on the first page.
2007-08-01 09:07:20 · 14 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Did that guy really say there is more than one sun?! There is definitely more than one star, however the closest star besides our sun does not give us enough energy to power a light bulb.
2007-08-01 09:13:23 · update #1
The "Big Bang Theory" describes that an instant burst thrusted all matter from a single pt. of origin. Part of this matter is light. Light comes from Stars. The Sun was not the first star in the Universe nor Galaxy (Milky Way). The first page is non-specific as to what "Day" means to God. Since God is creator of the Universe, his time isn't like ours.
The matter for our current solar system existed in a dark void until the Sun's formation to get the patterns going. So, yes, the matter that makes up the Earth (water, minerals, etc) existed before the Sun; according to the Theory of Inflation.
Genesis does biff it with "Vegetation" and life appearing before the Sun & Moon ... however, these could technically be in frozen form since there is no "specific" scientific text, we can assume this is what Genesis means. Which makes sense since not all planets have life (bacteria) on them. Studying commets & asteroids we do see that some of these commets & asteroids do carry these in their being. So, yes, it's a strech, but not a huge earth shattering strech.
2007-08-01 09:22:57 · answer #1 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First a lot of you 'scientist' are not being what you should be instead. Scholars! You take some sentences out of context, and run off with it like happy-go lucky kids!
First who has read the Bible. Not scanned it, but read it. You must understand, not only the limited knowledge they had (which has nothing to do with intelligence) but also from what point of view the Bible was written. Which is EXACTLY what the Bible describes. It is not a scientific text book. Its purpose is other. So if you lived at that time and the only thing in the sky you knew was just this volcanic vapor cloud cover (Yes I'm aware that you would not be able even to breathe or exist, but indulge me for a moment) and all of a sudden the clouds dissipate, and behold. "What the hell is that big yellow thing in the sky?" Catch my drift?
Now my misguided friends out there (you know who you are), the Sun is a Star. Stars are Suns. Lets not get caught up in semantics. You have Brown stars (Jupiter), Red stars/suns, Yellow (our own Star/Sun, or as we have come to love it, the SUN), White, and the Largest Sun/Star Blue, like Sirius. Note that we are not the only 'SOLAR SYSTEM' in the galaxy!
2007-08-01 21:24:51 · answer #2 · answered by Cold Truth 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is just my opinion and I have nothing really to back it up with, but here goes. The Bible says that God created light (Gen 1:3) and then divided it from the darkness. And you're right, the sun and moon were not created until verse 14 (the fourth day). But I think that maybe light and darkness in verses 3 and 4 are concepts that go deeper than physical light and darkness. Perhaps, God was setting a precedent that darkness (sin) and light (righteousness) don't mix. It makes sense to me that God's priority would be to set a pattern in place that would continue beyond the physical creation and it's "trappings" and THEN create the things that would follow that pattern. Just a thought.......
2007-08-01 09:43:16 · answer #3 · answered by onegodwitness 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I just want to know if the atheist can actually provide the correct answer as they are so sure that God did not create life? - I can prove that the biblical version is a fantasy. All of genesis was plagiarized from the Sumerian tablets having nothing to do with deities so "god creating life" is a fantasy. - As to proving where life came from, we accept a natural process since that has proof. A deity magically forming life is a fantasy since you have yet to prove a deity exists and that what youi use as a proof is a well proven fantasy. - There you have actual evidence and proof and no speculation.
2016-05-20 02:07:33 · answer #4 · answered by delfina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is the source of all, so if He say's "Let there be light" then light will be. He didn't NEED a sun for light. HOWEVER, he did use the sun to shine light during the day, and the moon to reflect that same light at night.
2007-08-01 09:19:36 · answer #5 · answered by LENZ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a permissioning statement...God let the sun to shine the light.
For e.g. If we just received light wave from a distant star (of 13.5M old universe) then does it mean that the star is newly created?
2007-08-01 09:11:52 · answer #6 · answered by John 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can't take the creation story literally. When it says "after" that is a metaphor for "before."
and John... we never receive light from a star before it's created, so your analysis doesn't work here.
2007-08-01 09:11:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Come on guys. These questions are inane. If a being could create light, day/night, and plants that same being could make the plants grow.
2007-08-01 09:31:12 · answer #8 · answered by Shintz62 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Great question; I am sure someone will try and counter your question merely with a passage from the bible
2007-08-01 09:10:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
um, I think there is more than just One sun out there. Just a thought....could be wrong you know.
2007-08-01 09:11:31 · answer #10 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋