Big Bang

From Big Bang to the Human Brain. 1. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth. Now the Earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 2. And God said, “Let there be... More

From Big Bang to the Human Brain. 1. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth. Now the Earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 2. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. 3. Long, long ago, before the beginning of time, there was Nu, the name given to the dark, swirling chaos of churning, bubbling water from which all life sprang. Eventually, from this chaos, there came light, the Sun; the creator of life. The Egyptians thought the Sun was a god and called him by different names. 4. At midday, when the Sun is at the height of its power, it was called Ra, which means great and strong. In the evening, however, when the Sun sets, it was known as Atum, the old man. 5. In the b Less