Debunking The Bible: The Atheist Challenge - Genesis 1:1
The atheist response to the text of the Bible is based primarily upon the young earth creationist interpretation, which is flawed. If I put myself objectively in the position of the atheist attempting to debunk the Bible I would start with Genesis Chapter 1. The Chapter passed the inspection of this former atheist.
The Hebrew verb consists of two different states. The perfect state indicates an action which is complete, whereas the imperfect state indicates a continuous or incomplete action.
At Genesis 1:1 the word bara, translated as created, is in the perfect state, which means that at this point the creation of the heavens and the Earth were completed. Later, as in verse 16 the Hebrew word asah, translated as made, is used, which is in the imperfect state, indicating continuous action. The heavens and Earth were created in verse 1 and an indeterminate time later they were being prepared for habitation, much the same as a bed is manufactured (complete) and made (continuous) afterwards.
What this means is that the creation was complete even before the six "days" of creation even began, in fact, later verses in the chapter reveal it was more than likely a long time in between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.
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Permalink Reply by MikeLong on -
Debunk the bible?? Why not debunk a Superman comic. I am completely at a loss to understand why ANY sane person would give a shit what bronze-age men believed (except from an anthropological standpoint). Oh, I forgot - it wasn't ancient fishers. GOD wrote the Bible. How do we know that? The Bible says so. But how do we know the Bible is infallible? Because Peter SAW God in the back room writing with lightning onto gold tablets which were subsequently buried in Illinois. So there we have it. PROOF!! Or have I got the wrong version?
What utter nonsense! What's to debunk?
I would be genuinely interested to hear someone defend the Bible without, in the final analysis, using either God or the Bible as the authority. Come on. Give us a chuckle.
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Permalink Reply by प्रमोद शाही on -
What this means is that the creation was complete even before the six "days" of creation even began, in fact, later verses in the chapter reveal it was more than likely a long time in between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.
So, That's how your read the Holy Bible?? Here's a link Rig-Veda <Sa> to one of the oldest scripture of Hinduism in Sanskrit language & this Rig-Veda <En> is for English translation of that ancient "metered" poetry at Wikisource. I don't think that I've to debunk the Enuma-Elish to prove that I'm an atheist.
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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on -
Interesting choice of Usernames - I think you've even out-unseen Unseen --
(If you're new here, that may not make much sense to you, but stick around, it will.)
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