[1] In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
[2] And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
[3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
[4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
[5] And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
[6] And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
[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.
[8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
[9] And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
[10] And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
[11] And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
[12] And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
[13] And the evening and the morning were the third day.
[14] And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
[15] And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
[16] And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
[17] And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
[18] And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
[19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
[20] And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
[21] And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
[22] And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
[23] And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
[24] And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
[25] And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
[26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
[27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
[28] And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
[29] And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
[30] And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
[31] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
[2] And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
[3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
[4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
[5] And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
[6] And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
[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.
[8] And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
[9] And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
[10] And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
[11] And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
[12] And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
[13] And the evening and the morning were the third day.
[14] And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
[15] And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
[16] And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
[17] And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
[18] And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
[19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
[20] And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
[21] And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
[22] And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
[23] And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
[24] And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
[25] And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
[26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
[27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
[28] And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
[29] And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
[30] And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
[31] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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We begin with the beginning: the six-day creation from Genesis. Apparently, there is nothing but a formless void and darkness, but somehow, there is water. Water is formed from hydrogen and oxygen, which can only exist as the byproducts of stars. Without stars, there are no elements to make water. So we have a conflict between reality and the Bible already.
Next, we get God speaking light into being. He speaks an incantation, and light suddenly exists. However, the sun was not created yet (nor were any stars), and it is mentioned later, so one must assume that either stars weren't created yet, or the sun itself wasn't. Also, we get a division between the light and the darkness, which are day and night...which is completely contradictory to how night and day work. Earth rotates, and the position of its surface in relation to the sun determines day and night.
Moving on, we find God creating a "firmament", which is said to be Heaven. It talks about this firmament dividing waters above from waters below. The passages that describe a firmament only make sense with a flat Earth. And where is Heaven? The ancient people who accepted this myth as truth believed it was right above them. They knew nothing about space.
Next, we find God moving the waters to one place and creating dry land. This passage reflects the narrow view of a flat earth with the sea surrounding one land mass.
From this point, we go to the creation of life, and the first life, according the creation story, is grass, herb-yielding seed, and fruit trees. This timeline contradicts the evolution of life itself, but specifically, it contradicts the fossils record of plants. Fruit trees are gymnosperms, meaning that they are flowering plants, and these did not exist in the beginning of the history of plant life on earth. Here's a timeline of the evolution of plants, according to fossil record: http://www.humboldt.edu/natmus/plants/
You will notice that flowering plants began to appear around 100 million years ago, so fruit trees would not have existed before then. Grasses did not exist until around the time of modern agriculture, which is about 10k-15k years ago. So the BIble is way off on plants.
You will notice that flowering plants began to appear around 100 million years ago, so fruit trees would not have existed before then. Grasses did not exist until around the time of modern agriculture, which is about 10k-15k years ago. So the BIble is way off on plants.
Apparently, after plants, God decided it would be a good idea if he made the sun, since plants need photosynthesis to survive. He made "two great lights", which really contradicts what the sun and moon really are, because one produces light, and the other reflects the light. He also made the stars at this point. This passage contradicts modern cosmology, because the evidence of the universe expanding suggests that the universe was not created everywhere at once, simultaneously. Additionally, since the sun ruled over the day, and the moon over the night, the whole notion that "day" meant something completely different in the creation story than it did when people talked about a 24-hour day is out the window. This story is clearly talking about six 24-hour, literal days.
Next, we go to the "moving creature that hath life, and the fowl that may fly above the earth." Nowhere is bacteria ever mentioned, and flying creatures were not among the first to appear in the fossil record. Since we're talking about "fowl", we mean birds here, which were not the first flying creatures. Insects were. Aside from that, birds do not appear in the fossil record until 150 million years ago. http://www.nhm.org/site/research-collections/dinosaur-institute/dinosaurs/birds-late-evolution-dinosaurs
We next find God creation "great whales" and every creature that moves in water. Mind you, this is after land creatures, which contradicts the fossil record, and whales? Whales do not appear in the fossil record until around 47 million years ago, and their land-dwelling ancestors (!) appeared in the fossil record around 65 million years ago. They were not swimming in the ocean from the beginning of life on this planet.
The next life that appears in the Bible (contrary to the fossil record) includes cattle (that's sheep, goats, cattle--herding animals), beasts of the earth, and things that "creepeth". Not sure what the beasts of the earth are, nor do I know what the things that creep include, but cattle were domesticated from wild creatures. They were not species created in the beginning.
Finally, God creates humans, male and female, and he gives them dominion over all of the creatures, then makes all creatures vegetarians. Funny thing, though: the fossil record does not bear this story out. At no point in the evolution of life on earth does every creature have teeth that are adapted to consuming plant life. Different types teeth are adaptations fitting for herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Why, if every form of life was vegetarian, would any creature have teeth not adapted accordingly?
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