Genesis vs. science : an amazing agreement
Part of : Θεολογία : τριμηνιαία έκδοση της Ιεράς Συνόδου της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος ; Vol.74, No.2, 2003, pages 763-769
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If the word "water" as it appears in verses 2,6, and 7 of Genesis is replaced with the word "hydrogen" (nuclei or atoms) and the generally accepted recent interpretation of verses 1 - 4 is followed, an astonishing coincidence between Cosmology and Genesis is observed. If the meaning of the word "light" is taken to be that of a "photon", then Verse 3, "let there be light" is the precise moment of the Big Bang. Verse 2, "... the spirit of God swept over the waters" refers to the early stages of the universe in which hydrogen nuclei were produced. The action of "the spirit of God" on water can be considered the prevalence of protons over antiprotons. Verse 4. "And God divided the light from darkness" is the "last scattering" that took place 500,000 years after the Big Bang. Verse 7, 'And God made the firmament and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament" describes the fomlution of a star and thus of a planet according to Astronomy, leading ultimately to the creation of the Earth. Verses 9 to 25 are in agreement with modern Earth Science theories, including verse 11 "here the paradox of the appearance of the Sun follows the appearance of vegetation on Earth.
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