#2 "Waters and Waters"

And God said, "let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water. " So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning - the second day.

Genesis 1:6-8 NIV

I have to say, that as a young man, hearing people talk of the canopy theory put me off a little. Reading Gen. 1:6-7, however, it seems to give that very account to which some now refer to as the Canopy Theory. I don't agree with the template sort of science or theology that tries to make everything fit within it's borders even when the borders are already starting to bulge and collapse. This was always my issue with evolution, as one writer refers to it as "Tootsie Roll Theology", or "whatever it is I think I see becomes a missing link to me."

To just simply read it in a book of this age, like the Bible though, it seems to be a clear and simple interpretation of what is written in a very simple and straight forward manner. The Bible was not written as a book of science, but as a believer and one living in a modern age where we feel that we are somehow smarter than God or too evolved for a creator, it is interesting to see these references. The canopy would explain things that our highly complex and evolved minds can't seem to wrap around, like the age to which men were reported to live back then. The canopy would quite possibly protect earth from the suns more harmful radiation. In such an environment you would have a green house effect, producing an oxygen rich environment capable of supporting large plants and creatures. I do lean towards the canopy theory, but I am just a simple minded Christian.