Questions:
What is the earth if it is formless and empty? Why is there darkness? What is the surface of the deep? What is the Spirit of God? Is it a physical or metaphysical thing? Why is it there? What are the waters and where did they come from?
Thoughts:
Some parts of this resemble the truth of the universe. For example, the first particles of the universe were hydrogen and helium atoms, and these would have been gaseous formless blobs of matter. It would have been dark initially because the stars did not form for a while after the big bang. I'm not sure what is being referred to as "the deep" but perhaps it is the great vast void of space, or perhaps it is a vast empty ocean. My only concern is that the spirit of God is said to be hovering over the waters. If my natural explanation up above is to be taken, then how can these waters possibly exist? We know that water molecules are made from hydrogen and oxygen atoms, and oxygen first formed inside the core of the stars. However, the verse also said that there was darkness over the surface of the deep. This implies that there were no stars to cast light and without stars there is no oxygen, so there cannot be water.
Therefore, this verse cannot be taken literally without contradicting natural laws, before we even attempt to tackle the concept of the "Spirit of God". I have no idea what this means. Is the Spirit of god something separate from God? Or just one facet of God? It seems to me to imply a lack of a physical body, but an intangible presence nonetheless. So far, God has created heaven (as yet undefined) and earth (formless and empty), and there is a spiritual component to God that is also not yet defined.
If the aim of this book is to describe the birth of the universe and the origin of man, then I find this to be a better second verse:
2 For an incomprehensibly small fraction of a second, the universe is an infinitely dense, hot fireball. The prevailing theory describes a peculiar form of energy that can suddenly push out the fabric of space. At 10-35 to 10-33 seconds after the cataclysm, a runaway process called Inflation causes a vast expansion of space filled with this energy. The inflationary period is stopped only when this energy is transformed into matter and energy as we know it.
Therefore, this verse cannot be taken literally without contradicting natural laws, before we even attempt to tackle the concept of the "Spirit of God". I have no idea what this means. Is the Spirit of god something separate from God? Or just one facet of God? It seems to me to imply a lack of a physical body, but an intangible presence nonetheless. So far, God has created heaven (as yet undefined) and earth (formless and empty), and there is a spiritual component to God that is also not yet defined.
If the aim of this book is to describe the birth of the universe and the origin of man, then I find this to be a better second verse:
2 For an incomprehensibly small fraction of a second, the universe is an infinitely dense, hot fireball. The prevailing theory describes a peculiar form of energy that can suddenly push out the fabric of space. At 10-35 to 10-33 seconds after the cataclysm, a runaway process called Inflation causes a vast expansion of space filled with this energy. The inflationary period is stopped only when this energy is transformed into matter and energy as we know it.
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