1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

In the beginning, there was nothing except God and then he created the heavens and the Earth.

I haven’t read the whole bible yet maybe some parts of it. Some of us have different perceptions and values in life but I perceive the Bible as a thing that you can rely on, it is something that eases pain or rather a pain reliever, no offense meant to the believers. I’m not an Atheist or being just agnostic but I’m considering myself as a humanist. A humanist is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over established doctrine or faith (fideism). It always amazes me how people think the universe just happened, and that there is a Creator, nothing less. It surely takes a much bigger leap of faith to believe there is no God who created the Universe, than it does to believe there is a God? I reckon people deliberately block their minds to the thought that God exists, that He is real, because then they would have to rethink their lives, the way they act, the things they do and say. After all, if God exists, and the bible is true, then the end of the world is coming, there is going to be judgment and there is a heaven and a hell…. It is easier to ignore all this, to refuse to accept that God exists than it is to change your way of life, your behavior. And yet the consequences of doing this, of refusing to accept that there is a God who loves each one of us so very much, are catastrophic. I mean if this is all real then who would really want to spend eternity in the lake of fire? Not me.

So, going back to the creation, this is what was created on each of the six days:

1. Heavens and earth, day and night;
2. Sky;
3. Land and seas, vegetation;
4. Sun, moon, stars;
5. Fish and birds;
6. Animals, man and woman.

And on the seventh day, God rested.

That, I think just shows the importance of having a day of rest. Not just because God did, but because it gives us a rest, a break from work. Our bodies have time to recover from whatever we have been doing through the week, and we can spend the day with family, friends, go out for the day, stay in, read a book, mess on the computer, just veg in front of the tv, whatever. We can also take time out to praise God, to give Him the thanks for all that has gone on in the week, and to just worship.