Does Genesis 1:1 show God had a beginning?

Day can mean a length of time. Check numbers in the bible. For example, in the days of Hitler, what I mean here is a length of time and not really specifying how long. Maybe 5 years, 10 years or 20 years. So when the bible talks about these 6 days that God created things, it is a length of time that we do not really know. But common sense shows that the earth has been here for a very long time. I can not say 1 million years because it could more.

Law had a beginning, and it also has an end.

God is eternal, has neither beginning nor end.

Genesis 1 sets the stage for a "shew", about

let there be light (grace) where darkness (law);

http://www.godshew.org/shew.htm

A comparative teaching, that's allegoric mystery.

http://www.godshew.org/Allegory.htm

So none of it is literal, nor historical,

but all of it is allegorical mystery to

solve by seek and ye shall find

Genesis 1:1 is a menorah seven in Hebrew:

http://www.godshew.org/Sevens3.htm

Gen 2:4 is mirrorly reverse of Gen 1:1.

1:1 Created = heavens and earth

2:4 Made = earth and heavens

Creator isn`t Maker

Created isn`t Made

Image isn`t Likeness

Before isn`t After

Formation isn`t Reformation

bwd BC isn`t fwd AD

Old isn`t New

They don`t mingle,

except as an oxy-moron:

contrary things mingled.

Point: Law isn`t Grace,

as Duality isn`t One,

as Lie isn`t Truth, and

as Confusion isn`t Peace.

This is a real pantload. The only evidence we have is that a day is 24 hours. It has always been that way, and it has never changed. No one alive today can say that a day is longer than twenty four hours. This is the kind of crap I just couldn't tolerate when I went to college. I thought I was going to college to learn something, not to become stupid. Just because someone is a "molecular biologist" really means he has too much time on his hands by degenerating his own intellect by making such outrageous statement. Stop believing some knucklehead scientists who think they know something when they don't.

No God had no beginning, the Universe did. The days of creation were literal 24 hour days. God was doing our work week by creating in 6 days.

The vast majority of Hebrew language scholars (even those who do not believe the Genesis account of Creation) agree that the only proper translation of that passage is as literal 24 hour days.

This is because the phrase "evening and morning" only refers to 24 hours. This is also the case with days list with cardinal numbers (first day, second day, etc).

The Bible completely contradicts modern science. In order for it to not, you have to manipulate the words of the Bible quite a lot. Face it, the Bible is completely illogical and there's no point trying to put it into some kind of vaguely logical context because then you have basically re-written the Bible.

Creation Day 1 (Genesis 1:1-5)

God created the heavens and the earth. “The heavens” refers to everything beyond the earth, outer space. The earth is made but not formed in any specific way, although water is present. God then speaks light into existence. He then separates the light from the dark and names the light “day” and the dark “night.” This creative work occurs from evening until morning – one day.

Creation Day 2 (Genesis 1:6-8)

God creates the sky. The sky forms a barrier between water upon the surface and the moisture in the air. At this point earth would have an atmosphere. This creative work occurs in one day.

Creation Day 3 (Genesis 1:9-13)

God creates dry land. Continents and islands are above the water. The large bodies of water are named “seas” and the ground is named “land.” God declares that all this is good.

God creates all plant life both large and small. He creates this life to be self-sustaining; plants have the ability to reproduce. The plants were created in great diversity (many “kinds”). The earth was green and teeming with plant life. God declares that this work is also good. This creative work takes one day.

Creation Day 4 (Genesis 1:14-19)

God creates all the stars and heavenly bodies. The movement of these will help man track time. Two great heavenly bodies are made in relation to the earth. The first is the sun which is the primary source of light and the moon which reflects the light of the sun. The movement of these bodies will distinguish day from night. This work is also declared to be good by God. This creative work takes one day.

Creation Day 5 (Genesis 1:20-23)

God creates all life that lives in the water. Any life of any kind that lives in the water is made at this point. God also makes all the birds. The language allows that this may be the time God made flying insects as well (or, if not, they were made on day six). All of these creatures are made with the ability to perpetuate their species by reproduction. The creatures made on Day 5 are the first creatures blessed by God. God declares this work good, and it occurs in one day.

Creation Day 6 (Genesis 1:24-31)

God creates all the creatures that live on dry land. This includes every type of creature not included on previous days and man. God declares this work good.

God then takes counsel with Himself, “God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness’” (Genesis 1:26). This is not an explicit revelation of the trinity but is part of the foundation for such, as God reveals an “us” within the Godhead. God makes man, and man is made in the image of God (men and women both bear this image) and is special above all other creatures. To emphasize this, God places man in authority over the earth and over all the other creatures. God blesses man and commands him to reproduce, fill the earth and subdue it (bring it under the rightful stewardship of man as authorized by God). God announces that man and all other creatures are to eat plants alone. God will not rescind this dietary restriction until Genesis 9:3-4.

God’s creative work is complete at the end of the sixth day. The entire universe in all its beauty and perfection was fully formed in six literal, concurrent, 24-hour days. At the completion of His creation, God announces that it is very good.

Creation Day 7 (Genesis 2:1-3)

God rests. This in no way indicates He was weary from His creative efforts, but denotes that the creation is complete. Further, God is establishing a pattern of one day in seven to rest. The keeping of this day will eventually be a distinguishing trait of the God’s chosen people (Exodus 20:8-11).

It shows that its time for people to stop defending the bible. It contradicts itself, its hard to understand, sometimes it just plain doesnt make sense, it was written by ancients, and we dont even know if were supposed to take it literally or not....lets start a religion out of it

no god had no beginning

a day is 24 hours hence evening and morning were a day

genesis chapter 5 makes it clear adam started counting his days on the day he created

adam was 130 years old when seth was born who replaced abel

Creationism is not a scientific or philosophical movement. It is a political movement. Its goal is theocracy, and the "science" is an afterthought.