The Biblical Genesis

So, how closely does Genesis 1:1 through 1: get it right? Let's take a quick look...

1: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Okay, so far so good. After the Big Bang, matter coalesced into pools of matter. These pools eventually formed into nebulae, and those nebulae into stars. This process would repeat a few times, and eventually our sun and solar system would form. Eventually Earth would cool, and separate into the solid part and the gases surrounding it.



2: Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Oh, forgot about the water. Oops. So, after a while the Earth really cools down and the water vapor in the clouds starts raining down. This takes a few centuries, but eventually the clouds open up. Oh. Just a sec, getting ahead of ourselves.



3: And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4: God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5: God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Okay, so let's back up just a little. The Earth needed to cool a little before you could see any sign of the Sun. Until that point, light from volcanoes and lightning, diffused and reflected by clouds, would have ensured that the globe was lit day and night. When the Earth cooled to the point where it could rain, that light was dimmed and sunlight, such as it was, took over. However, because of the cloud cover, all you could see if it was day or night based on how light the clouds were. When the rains were over----



6: And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7: So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8: God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
So now we have the clouds and seas. Sweet.



9: And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10: God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
You have all of that water going everywhere, effectively flooding the world. For a little while the Earth was covered by water, but eventually, due to a combination of tectonic action and water evaporating, the land masses started popping up.



11: Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12: The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13: And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
Okay, so now we have a problem. Sort of. About now a number of chemicals would combined with all of that rampant electricity to form amino acids. These amino acids would form eventually into blue-green algae, the first cellular life form on the planet, and also the first plant. So we have plants, just not in the variety we originally wanted.



14: And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15: and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16: God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17: God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18: to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19: And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
Oh, we still have those frigging clouds. All that carbon dioxide isn't exactly making for starry nights; think Los Angeles, but on a global scale. But we now have photosynthesizing plants on the scene, and they start taking in the carbon dioxide and converting it to oxygen. This deals with the clouds once and for all, allowing the stars to finally be seen from the surface of the planet. This of course also means that we could finally see the Moon and Sun, you know, if we were alive back then.



20: And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21: So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

So let's do some serious time condensation. The Sun is shining, and evolution happens. The algae evolves, and plants and animals swarm the oceans. Fish start swimming, and they lead to amphibians, who lead to reptiles. Reptiles lead to birds and mammals. So now we have fish in the oceans and birds in the skies. Man evolves, and finally invents television. God is finally able to watch a decent football game.

Overall, not bad. Too many plants on one stage, but otherwise I think there is a nice correlation. Feel free to comment below.