Genesis 1:1 What is your interpretation?
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We love you Jaybo, but sometimes it's just sooooo hard to keep quiet... and refrain from using those funny little faces. 
Please come visit us in kindergarten sometime. We have the finest of fun times there.
Please come visit us in kindergarten sometime. We have the finest of fun times there.
Asking "exactly how does He do without without a source?" doesn't mean I have the answer. It's a question that you never answered.
Finally, I'm tired of your unChristian attacks. Your behavior has nothing in common with being a Christian. And you call me an atheist!!!
I'm putting you on ignore until your self-righteous behavior changes.
Finally, I'm tired of your unChristian attacks. Your behavior has nothing in common with being a Christian. And you call me an atheist!!!
I'm putting you on ignore until your self-righteous behavior changes.
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He is the source .
The discussion was about light having a source. Of course, God created light but what is the source of the light in Genesis 1:3-5, "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."
So God saw the light. Did He see Himself?
God divided the light from the darkness. Does God have darkness?
Is God's name "Day"?
If I build a fire in my fireplace, wood is the source of the fire. I may be the creator, but I am not the source. So, what is the source of the light in Genesis 1:3-4, "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness." God is the creator, but He clearly is not the source. And if He divided the light from the darkness, does God have darkness? Obviously not!
So again, what is the source of the light?
So again, what is the source of the light?
Thanks for your question. Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. "
In my opinion, people tend to read into this verse and think that it is talking about planet earth and also about the atmosphere, or even including beyond the atmosphere into outer space. However, I see this a bit differently. I see this as talking more about God creating his own people. For example, the Bible defines heaven as God's throne: "Heaven is my throne" (Acts 7:49a). If we continue examining God's throne in the Bible, we see Jesus is in the midst of it: "For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them," (Rev 7:17a). To me, this definition of heaven is not talking about the sky or the upper atmosphere or outer space. Heaven is a term used to describe God's people in Matthew 24: 31. People are spoken of as being one end of heaven to the other. I think that when God's people have God on the throne in their hearts, the term heaven could be used.
There are other places in the Bible that people have assumed are talking about outer space and the planets, which I also do not think is the case intended. For example, we read: "[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. " You could say that the planets and outer space show God's handiwork. Or, instead, you could let the Bible define the term heaven, and say that God's people, who have Jesus on the throne of their hearts, declare the glory of God. That makes sense, because the people of God cannot help but talk about the glory of God. Further, the term 'firmament' is just another word for heaven. We learn that in Genesis 1:8: "And God called the firmament Heaven "
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As others here have mentioned, God is the source of light.
However these are the technical questions which make this topic funny in every discussion board or real life, because neither science nor the Bible has any technical answers.
This is why I had to make peace with a lot of technical questions because we won’t understand them for as long as humanity exists.
We know and we believe that God has created us and the Bible is not an engineering book for answers on how our biology works or a lessons on thermodynamics, but a relationship book to our creator.
Science on the other hand can’t tell and won’t be able to shed any details on Origins questions.
Being a technical person, I would also like to know the answers for a lot of technical questions. I asked one about entropy earlier.
But, in the end I have to trust God will reveal everything to us when He comes again to make this Creation perfect again.
So, pretending to know the answers to technical questions …. Can lead to humor.
However these are the technical questions which make this topic funny in every discussion board or real life, because neither science nor the Bible has any technical answers.
This is why I had to make peace with a lot of technical questions because we won’t understand them for as long as humanity exists.
We know and we believe that God has created us and the Bible is not an engineering book for answers on how our biology works or a lessons on thermodynamics, but a relationship book to our creator.
Science on the other hand can’t tell and won’t be able to shed any details on Origins questions.
Being a technical person, I would also like to know the answers for a lot of technical questions. I asked one about entropy earlier.
But, in the end I have to trust God will reveal everything to us when He comes again to make this Creation perfect again.
So, pretending to know the answers to technical questions …. Can lead to humor.
The text is talking about the planet Earth. Genesis 1:1-3, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." People are not mentioned; they haven't been created yet.