Apologies, about the slow reply I have been in London for a few days so I have been without internet.
"It is clear that the Universe DID have a beginning, 13.5 billion years ago.
(Gen 1:1)"
It is clear to anyone that the universe either had a beginning or has been around for an infinite length of time without having to look at anything in depth. But Genesis 1:1 says that " In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The Earth was formed approximately 4.54 billion years ago, which leaves a gap of around 9 billion years in which I presume your god did nothing?. The bible does not just say that the universe began; if it did then I would say it was correct. It says that a god was needed to create it, this I refute.
“There were seven long Cosmic "days" since that Big Bang, which we call the seven cosmic/geological Eras.
"A Cosmic Dark Age did precede that advent of let there be light to flood the cosmos.( Gen 1:3-5)”
There are infact 14 geological eras of the Earth, Cryptic, Basin Groups, Nectarian, Early Imbrian, Eoarchean, Paleoarchean, Masoarchean, Neoarchean, Paleoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic, Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
The cosmic dark age occurred when photons were coupled up with protons and electrons and as a result they were not producing light as photons do now. When the photons decoupled from the protons and electrons the universe became transparent. The individuals who wrote the bible did not have knowledge of the dark age and photons, but they did know of light and how it gave them the ability to see. They needed to attribute the existence of light to something, and that something was a god.
"There was one ocean, once, where all the waters had been collected together. (Gen 1:9)"
This is true on multiple accounts; the Earth at many times has had 1 global ocean. There is a cycle of the formation and breaking up of super continents. Every time there is the formation of a supercontinent there is a global ocean. It is easy for the writers of the bible to imagine they live on a solid platform of land surrounded by ocean. The bible was written well before accurate cartography, mass exploration.
“Pangea/Rodinia did actually confirm that the dry land appeared surrounded totally by water.
(Gen 1:10)”
Look above, I may add that Pangaea was not the first supercontinent. It is believed that Vaalbara was. None of these points prove the existence of a god.
The Plant kingdom did establish itself before the Animal kingdom. (Gen 1:11)"
“And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.”
This quote from Gen 1:11 is talking about land plants. Aquatic animals actually evolved before the advent of land plants. Aquatic plants evolved before the advent of the animal kingdom though. So this translation of the bible is factually incorrect. The bible has nothing to say about the Prokaryotic forms of life, did god not create these or was it just that the writers did not know they existed so they didn’t included them?
"Man WAS the last step in the evolution of Dominant Life on earth. (Gen 1:27)"
What exactly is dominant life? I would say that Mycobacterium tuberculosis is pretty dominant over humans as it can eliminate humans with ease. I believe that bacteria are far superior to other forms of life, they sustain all life. New species of bacteria are constantly evolving in order to survive to changing conditions.
Summary
Just because the bible is right in some aspects does not mean that I have to be a Christian or a hypocrite. Just because the bible is right in some aspects does not give conclusive proof of a god. I will finish by making this last point -->
"When you say you are an atheist does that also mean you deny that the bible is dead right in Joshua?"
There is a city called Jerusalem today in modern times.
Joshua 12:10
Yes there is, but this does not have anything to do with religion.
