CHRISTIANS - if you can't answer this then SURELY bible is not the word of God?

Question

CHRISTIANS - if you can't answer this then SURELY bible is not the word of God?

Answer 1

and you're assuming logic was part of the bible's creation?

Answer 2

The point is ...God created everything. It was, after all, written some 2,500 years before Galileo launched the scientific revolution. That happened in the 1500's when Galileo and others declared that the earth revolves around the sun. Scientists reading Genesis today might wonder how plants could grow..day three...before the sun was created...day four. They might also wonder why some Christians insits that the story took place over seven 24 hour days when the sun that is used to measure 24 hours wasn't created until day four. Genesis says fruit bearing trees were created on day three. It wasn't until the next day that the insects necessary to pollinate the fruit trees came into existence. But we also have the finale...Humanity.

To believe in God is to believe in his word, the words of the prophets and not to question his works but to realize he has a different pattern, time. Remember also...God's time is not our time, God's making of the universe will always be questioned by all. We only know a lot of our questions will be answered when we enter Heaven. As far as I'm concerned...it doesn't matter how or in what order God made the earth, it matters about the condition of our heart and soul when we leave this earth.

Answer 3

I will answer your first question first.

The Bible says seven days not six than if you will take notice at the end of each creative day it reads "and there came to be evening and there came to be morning a" (whatever day it is speaking of) first, second,third, and so on. At the end of the seventh day it does not say that. It says in that Gen . 2:1,2,3.

He rested from creating. in Psalm 95; 11 God says some will not enter into his rest. In Heb.3;11 again God speaks of his continuing day of rest, Heb. 4 1-9 also speaks of Gods continuing day of rest. We are still in the seventh day . Remember in Gen 2 ,It says God blessed the seventh day and made it sacred . In other words this time period we are living in will have a blessed and holy end. God is spoken of as resting from creating so we can only imagine beyond our wildest dreams what He has purposed for the end of his rest . Read 1st Corin 2;9 and see what I am talking about. We have seen some marvelous things in our day but , it says "eye has not seen ear has not heard , nor has it even been concieved in our hearts what He has prepared for us who love him ! wow !

Answer 4

This isn’t defending the present-day political view called Creationism which asserts that the Bible says that the universe and living things were created in 24-hour days a few thousand years ago, but you should know that, in fairness to the Bible record, the Bible clearly allows an indefinite amount of time for the creation of the universe in its opening words in Genesis 1:1, "In [the] beginning God created the heavens and the earth. " This is in harmony with science. the Andromeda galaxy has been measured at about 2,000,000 light years from earth. That means that either the light we see from it has been travelling for two million years, or that God deliberately created the universe in a deceptive manner to make it appear so, which is unreasonable and accuses God of deception. Also, the remains of the decay of radioactive elements in some beds of rock indicate that they have lain undisturbed for billions of years. Genesis 1:1 allows for this.



In verse two, if plainly says that 'darkness' was over the earth, not the universe or heavens, since the stars were created in verse 1, possibly taking billions of years.



The following four "days" do not use the Hebrew word for "create", but "make", and apparently deal with the clearing of a cloud cover, 'making' first diffused light, then sun, moon and stars appear in the "heavens," that is, the sky, (Matthew 6:26; 2 Chronicles 2:6). To this day most of the planets have cloud covers. And Gen. 2:4 clearly shows that the "days" were not the 24-hour variety, calling all seven "days" ONE "day".



So Gen. 1:1 covers the formation of the visible universe, including the sun, earth, moon and stars, when it says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." The creative "days" all cover the detail of the preparation of the earth for human habitation.



The Bible is getting a bad rap.



Best regards,

Michael

Answer 5

Genesis 1:3-5Then God said"Let there be light," and there was light.

And God saw that the light was good.Then he separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light"day" and the darkness"night." And the evening passed and morning came,marking the first day.



I Peter 3:8 but you must not forget this one thing,dear friends:A day is like a thousand years to the Lord and a thousand years is like a day.



Does not mean that he did not do it as we think of time but than he could have done it in HIS time.If it was literal 24 hours or epochs really isn't a problem. Plant life needs light but not necessarily from the sun. You have light on a rainy day but the sun is not showing due to the clouds

These are questions that humans with their finite minds attempt to show that God is not real,that the Bible is not his word. We all have questions like these which is fine because we seek to understand God. We can not understand God with our finite minds but the day will come when we will be shown the answers to these things that even science can't explain.



Matthew 17:20 speaks of having faith"even as small as a mustard seed."

God had/has a plan for us and this earth but he did not make it all known to us. Some of it will have to be taken on faith.I do not mean the kind of faith that some have--that seems to make them throw out any intelligent thought.

Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing,that is hearing the Good News about Christ



Read Hebrews chapter 11--especially 11:39

Answer 6

Some of the writers and characters of the bible were from prisoners like Moses to Task masters and then Kings of Pharoahs head servants, Perophets and a priest Moses alone a larger writer of the bible.

Many G-d promoted from servants of the Lord top governors, and rulers in his Kingdoms.

Daniel the Prophet too with great visions and also promoted. Jeremiah who was later imprisomed and so forth.

Fisherman, tax collectors, carpenters, and so forth.

God has his design and desire for all his prophets today and in the past and he does his will . If we heed his call he will do great things for us.

Priest and Kings sought the :ord and his counsel. his voice and his word , Moses was a mediator to the people . Likewise Jesus Christ the mediator of the new covenant can guide, guard and keep us. He can fully lead us in the paths of righteousness for his name sake, for his eternal glory and do a good work in us.

Answer 7

It is actually a description of your energy centres purpose and relation to each other, instructions of how to open them can be found in Revelation. see the 7 seals

Answer 8

When it comes to creation, the Bible tells us the truth. Many modern 'scientific' ideas are false.



After all the study of origins is not open to the scientific method. Noone was there - except the creator himself!





For example, the days of creation were 24 hour days. For the first three days the light source for earth was not the sun, but some other source. God created light on day one so this is not a problem!





Check out www.creation.com for answers to all your questions.

Answer 9

The Genesis creation story seems to have been derived from the Sumerian creation epic, Enuma Elish.



In that epic, the great dragon Tiamat, the goddess representing the waters of chaos, was the mother of the gods.



The god Marduk does battle with her and divides her body (the waters of chaos) to form the heavens and the earth; this is paralleled by Genesis 1:7, "And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so", showing that the Genesis creation story probably derived from the Sumerian epic, probably via the Canaanites.



Marduk then hangs up his bow, perhaps like God does in Genesis 9:14 to mark the Noachide covenant after the Flood.



The biblical creation story also tries to explain the institution of the Sabbath. The 7 day week is a quarter of a lunar month (28 days), so the phases of the moon probably had some significance to the Sumerians and Babylonians who probably devised the week. And the 7th day would have been revered and used as a day of rest. The Hebrews' custom of the Sabbath day probably goes back to this; they may well have adopted it during their domination by Babylon.



But by the time Genesis was written, the origins of the well established custom may have been forgotten in the mists of time. So the 6 days of work and 1 of rest would have been explained by being introduced into the creation myth. I'd be interested if any more plausible explanation is introduced.



The Genesis creation myth was devised before we had the scientific concepts we now have of how nature works, such as space-time, expanding finite but unbounded universe, Big Bang, evolution, quantum mechanics, and so much more. But the Genesis attempt at explaining how the world came into being was a step on the road to reaching today's knowledge. And today's knowledge will be a step on the way to future understanding for which we may not have concepts today.

Answer 10

They will just say that with god everything is possible, but yeah, the bible is pretty unscientific.

Answer 11

Faith is basically accepting something as being true and correct without physical proof.



When a blind man sets out to find his way in the world he has very little, but faith.



Scientists have spent a great deal of time trying pick apart the Bible and for the most part... they find themselves over and over prooving that what the Bible says is correct.



Now to answer you question about how God created the world and light and all of the creatures that dwell on land or in the vast oceans or the plants that grow... I suppose you will have to accept the Bible on Faith and Faith alone. I truly feel that some people should realize that God is the most powerful being and He is the Original Genius. He is the Original Scientist. Perhaps our scientists have yet to come to the understanding and knowledge that God has. For that knowledge is His alone. Remember God can do whatever He wants... however He wants to do it. He has no limitations.

Answer 12

1. its god - hes beyond simple science

2. the concept of light not really light itself.

3. These were ancient people... they didn't know the advanced astronomy we know today. And if you take it from a literal perspective... maybe god just tried to simplify everything for the 'dumber' era.

4. same as above.... just a simplification

5. vegetation can exist without light because its god whose doing it.

6. what was the question? lol



All of this can be summed up one one sentence - god does whatever he wants and doesn't have to answer to science, because he made science.

Answer 13

1. Scientist's don't know the works of God.

2.God can make different kinds of light, he can do anything.

3.Was already rotating, it meant that it wasn't fully completed.

4. Again God can do anything.

5. ......god can do anything lol

6.too long to read don't feel like answering





God can do anything, he is beyond science



Scientists just think that have the answer to everything and all its showing is the works of God

Answer 14

Good question but you wont get a valid explanation from a christian because they cannot a valid answer to quetions like these.

Answer 15

yes you have reason and you are right but you are a student of the DR Naik

Answer 16

I beilieve every word of the bible! God may not have written it all, but people of God did!!!I have faith!!!!

Answer 17

I give you props