Talk:Creation/@comment-1777104-20130902035846

As founder of this wiki, I intend to stick largely to what the text says. With regards to creation I have presented a straight forward interpretation of the event throwing in a little bit of modern science that seems to fit. Gravity, for instance, would be in affect only if God acted upon an unformed mass (1:2a). That happens with the Spirit of God "hovering over the waters." It is a well established fact that sound waves cause bubbles of dissolved gas to pop, at tremendous temperatures to form light. What better way to create light, then, than to speak into a big ball of water? And so, the Bible speaks for itself.

I have called used the word "day" in each of the creation events because that is what the Bible indicates. Each day is further described by the "evening and morning" (in that order) that it contains. No attempt has been made to assign "hours" to these days. Evenings and mornings are the periods of mixed light and darkness (indirect light), that separate light from darkness. However, after day three, the cycle of darkness and light must be close to what happens in temperate zones today. That the "days" were consecutive is clear based on the word translated "and" in most English translations. This construction moves the story along, assuming consecutive days and no periods in between. Exodus 20:11, written on the tablets of stone by an act of God, confirm this.

Other interpretations are possible, within reason, but the above presentation is as close as I can come to sticking to the text itself.