There is a perfectly acceptable alternate explanation. In the theory known as pre-Adamic, there is an unknown gap (hence gap theory) between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. The word "was" could be just as accurately translated "became". It is the same word used of Lot's wife, who "became" a pillar of salt. In this theory, Noah's flood was the second time that the earth was covered in water. In the first flood, nothing was spared.
The age of the earth is a vexed and unproveable number. For example, the moon is moving away from the earth at a rate of about 50mm a year. If the moon, as some scientists believe, was a part of the earth billions of years ago, it should be far enough away so as not to affect tides. There would still be some tidal action due to the sun's gravity, but not as much as at present.
The problem with science is that it makes a great many assumptions. God's word simply makes statements of fact. We may not understand God's word, but we should accept its authority rather than the vain speculations of godless men.
Some examples of such assumptions:
Dark matter/dark energy. Far from proven and still nothing has been detected. Yet it supposedly accounts for 85% of all matter/energy
Evolution. Don't get me started.........
"Scientific" dietary recommendations. Since fat was made public enemy no 1, obesity has become a huge problem (pun intended)
The surface of the moon was supposedly 10 ft deep in dust. The lunar landing disproved that
Atomic theory bore little resemblance to reality as now known.
When I was a child, my science teacher told me that science knew everything there was to know and would solve all the problems of the world. That was over 60 years ago. Less is known for sure now than then and the world is headed to destruction. Science is not God.
The age of the earth is a vexed and unproveable number. For example, the moon is moving away from the earth at a rate of about 50mm a year. If the moon, as some scientists believe, was a part of the earth billions of years ago, it should be far enough away so as not to affect tides. There would still be some tidal action due to the sun's gravity, but not as much as at present.
The problem with science is that it makes a great many assumptions. God's word simply makes statements of fact. We may not understand God's word, but we should accept its authority rather than the vain speculations of godless men.
Some examples of such assumptions:
Dark matter/dark energy. Far from proven and still nothing has been detected. Yet it supposedly accounts for 85% of all matter/energy
Evolution. Don't get me started.........
"Scientific" dietary recommendations. Since fat was made public enemy no 1, obesity has become a huge problem (pun intended)
The surface of the moon was supposedly 10 ft deep in dust. The lunar landing disproved that
Atomic theory bore little resemblance to reality as now known.
When I was a child, my science teacher told me that science knew everything there was to know and would solve all the problems of the world. That was over 60 years ago. Less is known for sure now than then and the world is headed to destruction. Science is not God.
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