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RE: The Seven-Day Universe - A Response to @gavvet
Interesting post.. The big question isnt the power or credibility of God - its in relation to what Moses was thinking when he wrote Genesis in the 6th century BCE.. was he parroting oral tradition (that also exists in other religions) or was God speaking to him directly as he later describes with the "burning bush"?
My personal opinion is that it was the latter... A more or less "straight" historical account.
This is not to say that there was no oral tradition prior to the writing of Genesis, but tradition is a mixed bag. I personally think that while the Genesis account may contain elements of oral tradition, and may have "literary" and "story" elements to it, the core of the presentation is historical.
Genesis is most definitely not apocalyptic in nature as are, for example, Isaiah and Revelation.