Perhaps others have noticed passages in Scripture which have an innate beauty of their own, but overlaid by our later creeds, masking their beauty. I would welcome any entries. (NOTES: (1) I recognize full well the zillion listings of all the bad stuff in Scripture, and anyone is welcome to start their own list of all that. I'd just like to focus on this one category. and (2) Yes, for many the creed laid over this passage is more important and outweighs the clouding of the beauty. Again, be my guest to create a thread. This is not for that.)
I'm starting at the beginning appropriately enough:
#1. "The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters."
Followed by this poetic rhythm. A) And there was evening and there was morning the (first) (second) (third)...day. B) God said, "Let there be.... C) And it was so.
This seven day rhythm, the connecting repetitive phrasing, and the wording that conveys the awe and overwhelming immensity of the universe is such an achingly beautiful poem. I hate that it is a jump start for the argument between evolution and creation. If something reads like poetry, and sounds like poetry and reaches your emotions like poetry, maybe it is poetry.
I'm starting at the beginning appropriately enough:
#1. "The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters."
Followed by this poetic rhythm. A) And there was evening and there was morning the (first) (second) (third)...day. B) God said, "Let there be.... C) And it was so.
This seven day rhythm, the connecting repetitive phrasing, and the wording that conveys the awe and overwhelming immensity of the universe is such an achingly beautiful poem. I hate that it is a jump start for the argument between evolution and creation. If something reads like poetry, and sounds like poetry and reaches your emotions like poetry, maybe it is poetry.
