Did you read the entire post, or did you stop after that one point? If you had continued reading, you'd see that I address this point.
Just in case, let's see what I can clear up here.
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Quote: Methos said: 1:1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
Does this beginning come before the seven days of creation?
That is the 7 days of creation. It's a summary before a full explanation.
Is it?
After all, the first line says the heavens and earth were created, then it gets into details about the seven days of creation. But nowhere in the seven days does it show that the world and heavens and earth were formed from out of nowhere. With the second and third days, when the sky and dry land is formed, the way it's worded suggests that something already existed and God was rearranging what he already created rather than creating from scratch for these two days of creation.
Let's look at the text again and see what it says (so that I can refresh my own memory as well).
Quote: 1:6 God said, 'There shall be a sky in the middle of the water, and it shall divide between water and water.'
1:7 God [thus] made the sky, and it separated the water below the sky from the water above the sky. It remained that way.
1:8 God named the sky 'Heaven.' It was evening and it was morning, a second day.
1:9 God said, 'The waters under the heaven shall be gathered to one place, and dry land shall be seen.' It happened.
1:10 God named the dry land 'Earth,' and the gatherings of water, He named 'Seas.' God saw that it was good.
Again, in the case of dry land - no something from nothing. It's rearranging what already exists. Dry land already existed - it just was inaccessible because it was covered up by water. So it may have been created before the seven days.
Your logic seems to fit when talking about the heavens, but not the earth.
(And if you want to get knee-deep in Jewish mysticism, I've heard the first line described as God coming up with the idea for the heavens and the earth and the days of creation, but I consider that to be really pushing it.)
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