Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. (Genesis 1:9) How could this occur? The same way that the earth-quakes and volcanoes happen today. Everyone agrees that the Hawaiian Islands came to exist by volcanoes; this was but a mere lightweight creation as compared to the great cataclysms of the prehistoric past. Spurred on by the Son of God over thousands of years, the great earth shakers and movers forced huge masses of land to appear above the waters. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:10)
2007-09-28 02:43:27 · 2 answers · asked by SPR Founder 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it was their way of explaining the coming to pass of continents
2007-09-30 01:08:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but the people who wrote that stuff really didn't know much about how the world came to be. It is easy to take an ancient guess, prune off the inconvenient bits, and claim they had divine knowledge.
The Genesis stories are just myths based on previous myths.
2007-09-28 09:46:13 · answer #2 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋