The order of Creation Stories is very logical, nothing weird or mythical happens in these verses, and there is nothing contrary to science. Before plants are created, we have the formation of light and dry land. Before animals are created, we find that food for them has already been prepared. Before man is created, a finished planet and solar system has been already provided. We should not be surprised that other cultures would have Creation stories or flood stories, seeing that all ancient cultures were the descendants of Noah and his sons.
God has not designed the world that way. Creation is wonderful, meaningful, and worthwhile - yes, even playful. But God has not made it thus by the sheer elimination of darkness, wildness, chaos, or evil (Michael et al 2001). Rather, God has drawn them together in a balance of light and dark, civility and wildness, order and chaos, good and evil to create a world not only of spectacular beauty and power, but one where authentic freedom and love are real possibilities. For without such balance between opposites, without the choice, there can be no good freely chosen. God will not adopt a stance of overwhelming, totalitarian power applied from the top down in a mechanistic way, as a means for governing the world. (Michael et al 2001)....
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