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This response is zero about any particular theory, ID or any other. We do know that God is able to do whatever He wants. And...according to Genesis chapter 1, the day/night cycle began on the first special 'day' of creation:Can Intelligent Design explain this list?
1. Earth before Sun
2. Light before Sun
3. Plants before marine organisms
4. Fruit bearing trees before fish
5. Birds before insects
6. Plants before Sun
7. Man before rain
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Not the 4th day, when the Sun, Moon and Stars are finally seen and also their ultimate value for us in particular described.
But already on the first day, we can see by the words above, already the Earth must be rotating, and a light shining onto it from one side, creating a day/night cycle.
Ergo, the sun has begun to shine, even though it will not be visible yet from the surface of the Earth -- such as perhaps due to constant cloudiness -- until the fourth day, when the purpose of the heavens, the Sun, Moon and stars, are told to us.
And we can easily see in the text that all 6 days have the exact same morning/evening daily cycle, just like one another!
God could have made Earth have a featureless gray sky without the awe inspiring beauty and wonderful qualities of the heavens that we do have. He gave us something "very good" instead!
As I was mentioning last week, when I didn't have enough time to talk on these details very well, it's never ok for believers though to merely argue disputable matters in a contentious way, so when anyone does get contentious with me on these interesting side questions that have no ultimate importance (the small details of God's creation we are not clearly told in the words of scripture) -- I/we should try not to participate in contentiousness with them, but just wish them a good day or such.
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