Ship of Fools: In The Beginning...

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Posted by Michael Snow (# 16363) on :

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was[a] on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

3 Then God said, “Let there be light”;...

Many would-be literalists do not take these first three verses literally. The YECs make verse 3 equal "the beginning," ignoring the "then" ("and") and sound exposition.
https://textsincontext.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/creation-young-earth-ham-nye-genesis-one/

[ 06. February 2015, 09:37: Message edited by: Michael Snow ]

Posted by Alan Cresswell (# 31) on :

I'm not sure what you're wanting to discuss.

Your link seems to suggest some form of "gap theory", in which an indeterminate amount of time (enough to accomodate the geological time scale?) exists between the first two verses and the "let there be light" start of the 6 days of creation. Although the linked site doesn't state that explicitely, nor address the questions of whether the "days" are literal periods of 24h, extended periods, or literary devices that bear no relation to the actual order and timescale of creation.

Posted by Moo (# 107) on :

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Originally posted by Michael Snow:
Many would-be literalists do not take these first three verses literally. The YECs make verse 3 equal "the beginning," ignoring the "then" ("and") and sound exposition.
https://textsincontext.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/creation-young-earth-ham-nye-genesis-one/

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