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CHAPTER 1. SCIENCE AND RELIGION
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| I.
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The scope of this work
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| II.
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Religion and rationality
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| III.
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The inspiration of the Bible
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| IV.
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About the authorship of the book of Genesis
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| V.
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Revelation and science
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| VI.
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Revelation and reason
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| VII.
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Religious authority and science
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CHAPTER 2. AN ABSURD ORDER OF CREATION – EFFECTS BEFORE CAUSES
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| I.
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God the Creator and the beginning of creation
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| II.
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Tohu vav
bohu (Tohu Wabohu)
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| III.
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The primeval sea
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| IV.
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The creation of heavens
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| V.
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Creation out of nothing
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| VI.
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Creation of the earth and of the solar system
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| VII.
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Creation of light before the sun
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| VIII.
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Creation of the stars, sun
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| IX.
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The two stories of creation
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| X.
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Other contradictions about the creation of plants
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| XI.
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More contradictions about the creation of animals
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| XII.
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The creation of man and woman
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| XIII.
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Satan’s revolt and humankind’s Fall
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| XIV.
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Cain and Abel, a dramatic story
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| XV.
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The problem of incest in the Bible
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| XVI.
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The sons of God
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| XVII.
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God changing His mind
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| XVIII.
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The two stories of the Flood
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| XIX.
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The Tower of Babel
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CHAPTER 3. THEOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES
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| I.
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Introduction to this chapter
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| II.
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The first theological consequence
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| III.
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The problem of the original sin
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| IV.
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The problem of evil in the world
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| V.
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Eve and the statute of women in society
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| VI.
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Death, immortality, and redemption
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| VII.
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The image of God in the Bible
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| VIII.
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The problem of eternal hell
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| XIX.
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My personal view on creation
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CHAPTER 4. CONCLUSIONS
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RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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