Ralehe :
Something: I’m guessing isn’t included, but which I think is pretty cool: the second day of creation. It sounds a bit obscure (creation of the firmament, that it separates the waters in the heavens from the waters below the heavens). Scientists agree that the Earth quickly lost what little atmosphere it started with (H2 and He) and stayed that way (hot and airless) for a very long time. Eventually, it developed enough atmosphere to act normally, as we understand it. Water has several strange properties. One is that it expands when it freezes. Hardly any other material does this. The other odd property is that, without sufficient atmospheric pressure, it goes straight from gas (humidity) to solid (ice) without going to liquid water at all, like carbon dioxide goes to dry ice and vice versa depending on the temp and pressure. Eventually, during Day 2, the humidity condensed into mist, then raindrops and fell onto the ground, completing the separation of waters in the heavens, from the waters below the heavens. Ok, why is this important? We usually think of the firmament or atmosphere as being necessary for breathing, which is true enough. However, LIQUID Water is absolutely essential for life-as-we-know-it to exist AT ALL. No liquid water, no life. Day Three was the creation of Life. All of this was done in the correct sequence and order. I can’t see how the prophet who wrote it down would have gotten the sequencing and reasoning correct, except by God supplying it all. On a side note, poor Mars is mostly too cold for liquid water, but worse, is a couple percentage points too low on atmospheric pressure. Our only hope there is subsurface water. 🥰👍
2026-08-13 00:33:51