[–] WhellEndowed 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yeah I don't agree with those theories then. I base my understanding on repeatable, observable, testable ideas that have merit in reality and can be proven.
The creation story WAS the beginning. There are no "older creation stories" as any other creation stories would have been written after creation occurred.
Correction to an earlier comment I made: Earth was mentioned in the creation story on day 3. Sun/moon and stars on day 4. So still, we have an earth and no sun according to the origin story.
One interesting concept: The Bible claims God called waters to gather in one place so dry land could appear... it doesn't claim God created earth at the exact moment. So: if this is true, and earth existed under the water for a long time, then carbon dating and other dating methods showing earth minerals to be millions of years old would have merit, since those things did, in fact, exist before creation took place.
Just an idea, but I'm leaning towards plausible.
[–] amarQ144 [S] ago
The creation was the beginning of the new earth...the biblical story was taken from the Torah,...the Torah taken from The Epic of Gilgamesh.
[–] WhellEndowed ago
Nope