Quote Originally Posted by alanmolstad View Post
one of the errors that people make when they read the book of Genesis is it they take the point of view of someone watching the story unfold from the position of orbiting in space looking down at the whole earth sorta like astronauts this is wrong this is not the point of view of Genesis this is not the point of view of the writer of Genesis this is not the point of view of the person who is telling us the story of Genesis we are told the point of view of the writer of Genesis and that is the point of view of someone who is hovering over the surface of the waters that's why that verse is there it tells us to take that point of view the point of view of someone who is hovering just over the surface of the water that person will experience what we called day and night
Here is where our paths diverge. Your interpretation here is very weak and appears like a mere opinion compared to my previous explanation from the scriptures. I am very far from convinced.
TD