Modern figures of speech are often called upon to support this argument. It acknowledges that the raqia in Genesis 1 is solid, but the Israelites were only describing what they saw without necessarily believing that what they perceived was in fact real. This is sometimes referred to as the “phenomenological” view. This approach distinguishes between what ancient authors described and what they actually thought. There is another approach that attempts to reconcile Genesis and modern science. But, to introduce a novel interpretation of raqia would require new evidence or at least a reconsideration of the evidence we have that would be compelling to those who do not have a vested religious interest in maintaining one view or another. ![]() This does not mean that there can be no discussion or debate. It is not the result of an anti-Christian conspiracy to find errors in the Bible, but the “solid” result of scholars doing their job. The solid nature of the raqia is well established.
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