Christians: Genesis 1, it makes no sence?

Some scientist are entertaining the idea that time is just a concoction of man. I find this interesting because everything we know is a concoction of mankind including science and religion.

If the bible is guilty of being fictitious then every believer on the planet has exonerated the book and its authors on faith alone.

Try to keep in mind that evidence doesn't speak the truth it only mumbles and points fingers. The jury still has to decide for themselves.

Haven't watched much Star Trek, have you?

The earth was travelling.

First it travelled past light (which was on every side). Think two or more suns here.

Then, it was dark.

Guess how that happens.

On the fourth day, it ended up in the solar system we now have, orbiting our Sun.

A "Day" is light and dark, morning comes, its a day.

A day that is 24 hours long did not happen until the earth settled into the its orbit around our Sun. Until than, it was travelling past ?

I wonder what that did to a previously unformed dead rock. This now "third rock from the Sun" could have hit "God only knows what" ending up with stuff from planets/asteroids/comets/gaseous things that resulted in exactly what Genesis says. It's not that fantastic at all, if one actually reads what Genesis says.

Get a clue, they're all in there.

Moses wrote his account in Hebrew, and he wrote it from the perspective of a person standing on the surface of the earth. These two facts combined with the knowledge that the universe existed before the beginning of the creative periods, or days, help to defuse much of the controversy surrounding the creation account. How so?

A careful consideration of the Genesis account reveals that events starting during one “day” continued into one or more of the following “days.” For example, before the first creative “day” started, light from the already existing sun was somehow prevented from reaching the earth’s surface, possibly by thick clouds. (Job 38:9) During the first “day,” this barrier began to clear, allowing diffused light to penetrate the atmosphere.

Previously, on the first “day,” the expression “Let light come to be” was used. The Hebrew word there used for “light” is ʼohr, meaning light in a general sense.

On the second “day,” the atmosphere evidently continued to clear, creating a space between the thick clouds above and the ocean below. On the fourth “day,” the atmosphere gradually cleared to such an extent that the sun and the moon were made to appear “in the expanse of the heavens.” (Genesis 1:14-16) On the fourth “day,” the Hebrew word changes to ma·ʼohr′, which refers to a luminary or source of light. (Ge 1:14) So, on the first “day” diffused light evidently penetrated the swaddling bands, but the sources of that light could not have been seen by an earthly observer. Now, on the fourth “day,” things evidently changed.

In other words, from the perspective of a person on earth, the sun and moon began to be discernible. These events happened gradually.So it is reasonable to view the increasing light through a slowly clearing atmossphere as progressive, and so there was enough light by the latter part of the third day to sustain plants, though the atmosphere did not completely clear until day four.

The Genesis account also relates that as the atmosphere continued to clear, flying creatures—including insects and membrane-winged creatures—started to appear on the fifth “day.”

The Bible’s narrative allows for the possibility that some major events during each day, or creative period, occurred gradually rather than instantly, perhaps some of them even lasting into the following creative days.

It is also noteworthy that at Genesis 1:16 the Hebrew verb ba·raʼ′, meaning “create,” is not used. Instead, the Hebrew verb ʽa·sah′, meaning “make,” is employed. Since the sun, moon, and stars are included in “the heavens” mentioned in Genesis 1:1, they were created long before Day Four. On the fourth day God proceeded to “make” these celestial bodies occupy a new relationship toward earth’s surface and the expanse above it. When it is said, “God put them in the expanse of the heavens to shine upon the earth,” this would indicate that they now became discernible from the surface of the earth, as though they were in the expanse. Also, the luminaries were to “serve as signs and for seasons and for days and years,” thus later providing guidance for man in various ways.—Ge 1:14.

In short, what happened is very clear when you examine the words and the context. This is a long explanation (and it could be longer if I went day by day) but it answers your question:

Genesis 1:1, 2 relates to a time before the six “days” outlined above. When these “days” commenced, the sun, moon, and stars were already in existence, their creation being referred to at Genesis 1:1. However, prior to these six “days” of creative activity “the earth proved to be formless and waste and there was darkness upon the surface of the watery deep.” (Ge 1:2) Apparently, a swaddling band of cloud layers still enveloped the earth, preventing light from reaching its surface.

Previously, on the first “day,” the expression “Let light come to be” was used. The Hebrew word there used for “light” is ʼohr, meaning light in a general sense. But on the fourth “day,” the Hebrew word changes to ma·ʼohr′, which refers to a luminary or source of light. (Ge 1:14) So, on the first “day” diffused light evidently penetrated the swaddling bands, but the sources of that light could not have been seen by an earthly observer. Now, on the fourth “day,” things evidently changed.

It is also noteworthy that at Genesis 1:16 the Hebrew verb ba·raʼ′, meaning “create,” is not used. Instead, the Hebrew verb ʽa·sah′, meaning “make,” is employed. Since the sun, moon, and stars are included in “the heavens” mentioned in Genesis 1:1, they were created long before Day Four. On the fourth day God proceeded to “make” these celestial bodies occupy a new relationship toward earth’s surface and the expanse above it. When it is said, “God put them in the expanse of the heavens to shine upon the earth,” this would indicate that they now became discernible from the surface of the earth, as though they were in the expanse. Also, the luminaries were to “serve as signs and for seasons and for days and years,” thus later providing guidance for man in various ways.—Ge 1:14.

I hope this helps. Creation according to the Bible makes a lot of sense, and is consistent with what we know about the universe.

First, you DO realize this is a Jewish scripture, right?

Second, you need to study a bit of astrophysics. When the Big Bang occurred, the universe was intensely hot and under extremely high pressures. As it cooled (and we're talking a matter of an incredibly short time here, portions of a second), the first atomic particles were able to form, and these were photons. Photons are light. The universe was literally FILLED with light.

Isn't it odd that a 3500 year old text written by a nomadic leader would coincidentally declare that the first thing created was light, and then 3400 years later, we'd discover that was true?

Open your mind ...

Is the sun, stars or moon the only light? Can you turn on a light bulb and get light? On the first day God created all the laws of light. Plants only had one twenty four hour time before the sun.

The Bible is not meant to be a science text book. If our greatest need was science, God would have sent a scientist. But he did not, because our greatest need was salvation, so he sent Jesus. There are lots of things I don't understand about the Bible and Christianity, but I suspend my judgement and in the mean time I keep searching for truth. I had questions like you, but when you actually develop a relationship with Jesus, some of those questions don't matter anymore. It's not that I don't think about those things, I have dozens of books on philosophy/theology and I could bore you to tears with reasons and arguments for your question. Just remember, only a fool refuses to walk in the sunlight because he can't see the shape of the sun.

God is the father of light. He is God He can just make it. Btw some scientist say in order to have matter you need light first google it. Plants either existed on chemosysthesis (lol can't spell) or He just super naturally kept them alive I mean He did just make then from nothing. and there oonly without sin for 1 24 hr day

It makes perfect sense and is logical

where ever God wanted the light to come from no biggy

duhh plants do not need sunlight to grow just light and its not like being wihtout sun they could not exist one day smh

genesis makes no sense. plus it was done in 6 days? really?