Day 1: Genesis 1:1
Scripture: Check out these cool translations! Observation: Most translations appear to separate Gen 1:1 as a single sentence. This is weird, for if we did insist on a full stop there, translated well, it would read "When it was the start, everything came from something." Duhh... Rather it should be combined with verses 2 and 3, then it would read, “When the creation of Earth began, darkness covered the waters, and as the Source hovered above the waters it said, "Let there be Light!".” Perhaps it is just this modern day's argument about whether there is a God that gets me irritated when I see the sentence separated. As if the opening phrase of the Bible were some declaration to atheists that God exists. (What a narrow, shallow, and small place to begin such an immense story!) It really isn't. The name of God, “Elohim” of Gen 1 is applicable to all proposed sources of the universe - Krishna, Nirvana, Gaia, the infinite ocean of energy from which t...