Theoretical origin of life; earliest land life (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 22:47 (2313 days ago) @ dhw

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.

Carbon Dioxide rich clouded atmosphere, likely full of volcanic ash and debris as early earth tectonics occured.

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.

End of early tectonic shifting, or possibly the crash that created the moon depending on which theory you like, and settling of the oceans.

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.

Introduction of plantlife. Note the fact that the earth is still wrapped in a carbon rich atmosphere which would have caused early plant life to bloom very quickly, causing a tremendous increase in O2 levels and paving the way for early animal life.

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.

Here is the settling of earths orbit, the clearing of the gas cloud to reveal the sun and moon. It is also possible that it would have taken this long for light from the stars to reach earth in a stable configuration.

The creation of animal life comes after, first the fish, birds, and great lizards. Then livestock and wild animals (assuming insects as well, here) though, they could have been in the previous epoch.

Now, I am not implying 6 literal days or anything, but merely pointing out that the bible doesn't specify whether he created each species or not, but it DOES specify that things were created at seperate times, which implies the prototypes were introduced when the time was right in terms of Earth's development.

Even if you don't believe the biblical narrative, you do have to wonder how they could write an accounting so damn close to what we have discovered. It should not be possible by our accounting of history.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.