Yeh, but "separating light from darkness" misleads the reader immediately. At least the Big Bang tells you that at 10^-43 seconds forces had not split off the unified field.
The Bible should be read for what it is, not with an expectation that it is logical, rational or truly contains the thoughts of an omnipotent god. It is a hermeneutic text and therefore it is something that needs to be interpreted. Some aspects are about morality, some about history and some like the beginning are poetic and create the mythology. Beginning of Genesis:
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day."
I really like the beginning its like a fable/fairytale. Nobody is misled by the separation of light and dark as this isn't to be interpreted literally, its creating a poetic scene. And as you may know I am an atheist, so I'm not defending it.
Creation really happened. Explaining it with a mythological tale leaves many young hearts and minds empty. EMPTY, I say. At age 4, I wanted my Mother to read library books about Astronomy to me. An interest like this is not unusual for a 4 year old. The Bible alienates many young children.
BTW, for eloquence and imagery in an English language fairy tale, why not read "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" by Eugene Field.
Well in the UK we are taught about the big bang, even at primary school I think. We were def not taught that god created us. We weren't taught about god or the Bible at all really. Maybe just a bit to go along with the nativity at christmas. I barely knew anything about christianity upon leaving primary school. It would be horrible to have someone shoving Christianity down your throat saying thats the way it happened. They would probs lose their job for that here, unless it was at roman catholic nutcase school.
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Yeh everything except erm...how creation was created and how the universe came into being.
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The Bible should be read for what it is, not with an expectation that it is logical, rational or truly contains the thoughts of an omnipotent god. It is a hermeneutic text and therefore it is something that needs to be interpreted. Some aspects are about morality, some about history and some like the beginning are poetic and create the mythology. Beginning of Genesis:
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day."
I really like the beginning its like a fable/fairytale. Nobody is misled by the separation of light and dark as this isn't to be interpreted literally, its creating a poetic scene. And as you may know I am an atheist, so I'm not defending it.
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Creation really happened. Explaining it with a mythological tale leaves many young hearts and minds empty. EMPTY, I say. At age 4, I wanted my Mother to read library books about Astronomy to me. An interest like this is not unusual for a 4 year old. The Bible alienates many young children.
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Well in the UK we are taught about the big bang, even at primary school I think. We were def not taught that god created us. We weren't taught about god or the Bible at all really. Maybe just a bit to go along with the nativity at christmas. I barely knew anything about christianity upon leaving primary school. It would be horrible to have someone shoving Christianity down your throat saying thats the way it happened. They would probs lose their job for that here, unless it was at roman catholic nutcase school.
Thanks for the poem, I've never come across it.