menxer:
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 
4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 

Genesis 1:1-4 (NIV)

While meditating on the above portion of the Bible I was captivated by the bolded.

If light was created and separated out of darkness, who created darkness or where did it come from?
What is "the deep" and how did it come to be?
Waters was only separated but not created. Who created waters or where did it come from?

If the earth was formless and empty, is that not in support of scientific position that matter at the basic level is empty and that every thing was formed from gases (formless)?

Mulling over these questions, it seems these things have the same origin as God: Consciousness.



Caveat:
This has nothing to do with (dis)proofing the (non)existence of God, but an attempt at pushing at the boundaries of the known.

YOU'LL GO TO HELL FOR PUSHING AT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE KNOWN.


DON'T QUESTION ANYTHING MAN, JUST BE A GOOD SHEEP AND FOLLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT LIKE THE REST.

CAPSLOCKED:




YOU'LL GO TO HELL FOR PUSHING AT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE KNOWN.


DON'T QUESTION ANYTHING MAN, JUST BE A GOOD SHEEP AND FOLLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT LIKE THE REST.

michelz:
OP, my thoughts:
There was a time lapse between the incidences of the first verse and second verse of Genesis chapter one.
There were creations who existed after the crration if heaven and earth in verse one.
But something happened.
Either the creations were destroyed or they were removed to a place not within this physical earth's plane.
When fossils of animals and humanoid species of billions of years old are discovered, they could belong to these beings that existed until the second verse of Genesis chapter one.
I'm also thinking that maybe those humanoid beings were not created in the image and likeness of God.
A later verse of Genesis stated " Now let us make man in our own image and likeness...."
A type of man existed before, but maybe not made in the image and likeness of God.

CAPSLOCKED:




YOU'LL GO TO HELL FOR PUSHING AT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE KNOWN.


DON'T QUESTION ANYTHING MAN, JUST BE A GOOD SHEEP AND FOLLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT LIKE THE REST.

menxer:
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 
2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 
4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 

Genesis 1:1-4 (NIV)

While meditating on the above portion of the Bible I was captivated by the bolded.

If light was created and separated out of darkness, who created darkness or where did it come from?
What is "the deep" and how did it come to be?
Waters was only separated but not created. Who created waters or where did it come from?

If the earth was formless and empty, is that not in support of scientific position that matter at the basic level is empty and that every thing was formed from gases (formless)?

Mulling over these questions, it seems these things have the same origin as God: Consciousness.



Caveat:
This has nothing to do with (dis)proofing the (non)existence of God, but an attempt at pushing at the boundaries of the known.

CAPSLOCKED:




YOU'LL GO TO HELL FOR PUSHING AT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE KNOWN.


DON'T QUESTION ANYTHING MAN, JUST BE A GOOD SHEEP AND FOLLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT LIKE THE REST.