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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 2677772" data-attributes="member: 22662">And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day."[USER=2189]@wkmac[/USER] I always read this to be the formation of the sun since it is the separation of day and night.  Obviously that's not the case as you have pointed out.  But what then is the first day referring to?  "Let there be light" still refers to the beginning of all earthly creation.  Is it the "big bang"?Certainly religion is not modern day science and you will never see me suggest that it is but the way I read it, at least this creation story isn't devoid of concerning itself with a logical order.</blockquote>