Genesis – Page 2

Before God created light was he in darkness?

Answered by BibleQ . June 15, 2012 - 9:40 pm

The strange idea that God was once “in darkness” could be arrived at from an interpretation of Genesis 1 that paraphrases it as literally meaning: “about 6000 years ago there was nothing in the universe so it was dark and empty, but one day God said, “Let there be light”. I see problems with this […]

How did plants survive before the sun was created?

Answered by BibleQ . December 9, 2011 - 9:16 pm 29

Detailed question: My question is regarding the creation story. How come plants were created before the sun? Were those nocturnal plants? As we know, plants need the sun to live. I’ve posted this question in other sites and I got answers like: Plants can survive 24 hours; There was already light on the first day; […]

Why did God take 6 days to create the universe? Why not do it in 1?

Answered by BibleQ . November 25, 2011 - 3:41 pm 1

There may have been a time when it could have been considered a reasonable question as to whether the six days of creation in Genesis 1 are literal or figurative. However there is now very strong evidence that the universe is billions of years old, so it cannot be six literal days. There is evidence […]

Which modern day countries are in the areas Abraham lived?

Answered by BibleQ . November 13, 2011 - 5:40 pm

You can see Bible places overlaid on modern maps at Bible Geocoding. This adds Bible places names to a Google map. The map for Genesis is shown below, including all the places mentioned in the life of Abraham. View Larger Map

Why in Romans 5:12 does it say sin entered into the world through one man, when Eve was the first to sin?

Answered by BibleQ . October 17, 2011 - 4:57 am 1

In the account in Gen 2-3 both Adam and Eve sin by disobeying God and eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. However, Eve is not mentioned in Romans 5 (though Paul does mention her elsewhere, e.g. 1 Tim 2:14). This is presumably because Paul is drawing the contrast between Adam […]

How do you reconcile the Bible and evolution?

Answered by BibleQ . September 5, 2011 - 8:42 am 5

At the most basic level, if the Bible contradicts evolution, logically, one of them must be at least partly false. On the other hand, if they don’t contradict, they’re compatible and can be brought together. I’m going to suggest a way of approaching Genesis that I believe is compatible with evolution—but I don’t pretend that […]

How could Noah have put every animal on the Ark?

Answered by BibleQ . September 4, 2011 - 11:11 pm 1

Noah did not take every species of animal on board the Ark. Animals designated using the Hebrew words basar, behema, hayya, nephesh, op, remes, and sippor are used to describe the animals which were taken aboard (the common theme is land based oxygen breathing animals with blood).[1] Animals designated using the Hebrew words sheres and […]

Why are numerous major Biblical events so similar to contemporary and historical mythology?

Answered by BibleQ . August 29, 2011 - 11:52 am 1

By the end of the 19th century archaeology had discovered many Mesopotamian texts containing creation and flood narratives remarkably similar to those in the Bible. Critical scholars came to believe that the Biblical narratives had simply been copied from earlier Mesopotamian myths.[1][2] The Biblical flood narrative in particular is still considered by some scholars to […]

How do you account for human remains that are dated to be at least 50,000 years old?

Answered by BibleQ . April 12, 2010 - 7:52 pm 6

The difficulty here is that the date of Adam can be calculated from genealogical information in the Bible to be approximately 6000 years ago, or possibly a little longer. So human remains that are much older than that cannot have been descendants of Adam. There are three major views that attempt to account for this […]

What light was there before the sun and moon were created? (Genesis 1:3-4,14-19)

Answered by BibleQ . March 30, 2010 - 12:27 pm 25

There are (at least) two ways to think about this question. The first is to look for a simple, scientific explanation: does science tell us about any lights that were created before the sun? The second is to look for a different interpretation of the passage: is it definitely the case that we should be […]

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Before God created light was he in darkness?

How did plants survive before the sun was created?

Why did God take 6 days to create the universe? Why not do it in 1?

Which modern day countries are in the areas Abraham lived?

Why in Romans 5:12 does it say sin entered into the world through one man, when Eve was the first to sin?

How do you reconcile the Bible and evolution?

How could Noah have put every animal on the Ark?

Why are numerous major Biblical events so similar to contemporary and historical mythology?

How do you account for human remains that are dated to be at least 50,000 years old?

What light was there before the sun and moon were created? (Genesis 1:3-4,14-19)

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