And God called the dry land Earth and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.” Genesis 1:9-10 KJV “And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. It stated it is now the ‘second day ‘ which indicates a new era.This is when the volcanoes started to erupt, releasing gasses into the air such as: Carbon Dioxide, Ammonia, Water Vapor, Sulfur Dioxide, and Methane which later resulted into the cooling of the Earths surface and its secondary atmosphere. Then we start to get into the Earths second atmosphere. And the evening and the morning were the second day.” Genesis 1:8 KJV If you read the first sentence of verse 6 is starts to talking how the firmament divided ‘the waters from the waters’ which is a indication of them talking about an atmosphere. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.” Genesis 1:6-7 KJV “And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Shamayim, shaw-mah'-yim dual of an unused singular shameh, shaw-meh' from an unused root meaning to be lofty the sky (as aloft the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve): - air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).įirmament can be used interchangeably with sky or heaven in the bible. Thomas Aquinas, the firmament had a "solid nature" and stood above a "region of fire, wherein all vapor must be consumed."įirmament is not a dome, it is Earths atmosphere. Saint Basil argued for a fluid firmament. "We may understand this name as given to indicate not it is motionless but that it is solid." he wrote. Augustine wrote that too much learning had been expended on the nature of the firmament. He described a flat rectangular world surrounded by four seas at the far edges of the seas, four immense vertical walls supported a vaulted roof, the firmament, above which in a further vaulted space lived angels who moved the heavenly bodies and controlled rainfall from a vast cistern. Besides, if scripture is supposed to be inerrant then testing such a hypothesis or theory and discovering it's false would be heresy and during some periods in history result in being executed for questioning the "inerrant word of God".Ī detailed Christian view of the universe, based on various Biblical texts and earlier theories by Theophilus of Antioch and Clement of Alexandria, was formulated by the 6th century Egyptian monk, Cosmas Indicopleustes. Sky is blue, water appears to be blue, therefore the old belief(s) made perfect sense to humans who had no way to test their hypothesis, or develop a coherent theory. Please visit the wiki for the complete list. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6Ĭome chat with us on IRC /#reddit-Christianity /#reddit-Christianity-meta Religious/Denominational Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. If you are asking a question, be sure to check our FAQ as it may have already been addressed there. Our Community Policy (XP for short) contains guidelines to help promote healthy discussion and discourage trolling, please review it.
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