The Bible speaks about Creation in the book of Genesis for 13 paragraphs. 13 short paragraphs. I graduated with a B.S. in Neuroscience, and one course I was required to take was Sensory and Motor Neuroscience. This was an introductory course. We just barely scratched the surface of the subject and yet the text book was over 1500 pages. Sensory and motor neuroscience is just a small piece of human cognition, which is just a small piece of human neurology, which is a small piece of biology, which is a piece of chemistry, which is just a piece of physics. I find it impossible to believe that something as complicated as the creation of all existence can be completely explained in a matter of 13 paragraphs. But somehow millions of people worldwide take these 13 paragraphs as a literal translation of how human existence came to be.
Dumbing down the birth of the universe to 13 literal paragraphs pretty much says that God's (if there is a God) work is about as complicated as me pulling a rabbit out a hat. It may surprise and entertain you, but in the end its rather unimpressive. However, the birth of existence is anything but unimpressive, it is a miraculous chain of events that is still unfolding, and something that we will probably never fully comprehend. This interpretation of creation points to a much more impressive God who is truly omnipotent and omnipresent.
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