The Genesis account is scientifically viable.

Yes KalleS, don't worry. I'm not one to get emotional or angry when somebody challenges what I believe. I want this to be a logical talk as much as you do. Also, would you please tell me which translation of the bible you are using. Thanks. 1) This was addressed in my previous post. "Heavens and earth" is a Hebrew statement for everything in the universe. The light that you were talking about was also addressed. But to make things clear, that first light was coming from the sun. The sun light was reaching earths surface, but the sun could not be physically seen because of the still dense atmosphere. Much like how there is enough light to be able to see on a cloudy day, but you cannot see the sun. 1:6) Many translations of the Bible use firmament, vault, or even expanse, instead of dome. I believe that this refers to the troposphere of our atmosphere. Separating "waters from waters" could be referring to the waters of the ocean and the waters of the atmosphere, clouds. It is not separating earth from space, but rather the clouds and oceans. Many times even I have to remind myself that the book of Genesis was written for the Ancient Jews, and that it was written in a way that they could understand what happened. I think that this is why some parts of Genesis may appear to be confusing to us now. 1:11) This was also addressed in my previous post. If you are wondering where I got the translations for the Hebrew words of this section, it from a book called Navigating Genesis by Hugh Ross. The information that I got about this verse was on page 49 and 50 of the book. Here are the citations used for Ross's translations Harris, Archer, and Waltke, Theological Wordbook, vol. 1, 252-253 R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer Jr., and Waltke, Theological Wordbook of The Old Testament, vol. 2 (Chicago: Moody Press, 1980), 688-89 1:16) Also explained in my previous post. The sun, moon, and stars became visible as the atmosphere became more and more clear, but they were formed prior to the time this verse is referring to. 1:16) I explained the dome above in this comment. 1:20-21) "21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good." This verse could be interpreted not that God created every kind of bird at this moment, but that every kind of bird that he did create, he created according to its kind. I suppose I forgot to mention evolution. Sorry about that. I suppose that my interpretation can work with or without evolution. God may have created some life forms and allowed them to evolve and go extinct, or he might have created some and not allowed them to evolve. As I said before, just because God said he created animals in this certain order in Genesis doesn't mean he created all of life in this order. There are life forms that he created that were not mentioned in Genesis. However, I will acknowledge the fact that you pointed out. The birds of Genesis do not seem to fit within the evolutionary paradigm or the fossil record. But, perhaps God created some of these birds, they might have even been insects because of the ambiguity of the Hebrew language, and allowed them to live for a short time. Afterwards, God may have created other birds during the time after the dinosaurs. Seems unlikely I know, but this is the explanation I put forward. 1:24-25) "24 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind"; and it was so. 25 God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good" "all the land creatures are made and the words of every kind are repeated almost too much you cannot refute that this means every single kind of animal or else you are going against the word of god." I was quite surprised to read this from you. This verses above do not state that all animals were formed, but I do think the bulk of animal life was probably made during this verse. You must keep in mind that in my view, each of these verses takes place probably over millions of years, not all at once. God did not make creatures all at once. He might have made them in close proximity, as far as time goes, to one another as seen in the Cambrian explosion. 1:27-30) My view is that God did create humans separate form hominids. (A possible reason God created hominids was to train wild animals to recognize human presence and activities on the earth.) I realize now that this view goes against what I am trying to argue since the vast majority of scientists accept human evolution as true. Oh well :P While writing this, I find that my views on Genesis are extremely complicated and quite vague sometimes. I sincerely apologize for any confusion I have caused you as I am not the best at explaining things. If you still have any questions about what happened on specific days in Genesis feel free to ask.