The following letter has been received, bearing upon the answer to Question 23, in the October issue. It is published with a view to stimulating study and further expression of helpful opinion:—
It is always easier to criticise the opinions of others than to advance constructive suggestions of one’s own; hence it is frequently preferable to hold one’s peace rather than to utter criticisms which are merely destructive. I feel, however, that this is not the case regarding the answer to question 23. While I do not profess to be able to give a very convincing answer to the question which is there discussed, it does seem to me that the answer which is in fact given calls for some, criticism. It is by no means easy to explain why the account in Genesis appears to suggest that the sun and the moon were created after light was in existence, but I submit that the answer given to your questioner does nothing to dispel the difficulties.
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Author: E. S. T.
Keywords: Creation, Sun, Moon, Sun moon, Light, Creation of the earth, Day and night, Light and darkness, Darkness on the face of the earth, Age of the earth, Let there be light
Bible reference(s): Gen 1:14, Gen 1:16
Source: “Readers’ Problems,” The Testimony, Vol. 4, No. 48, December 1934, pp. 414-5.
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