Imagine a group of kids teasing a bald man on the street — and moments later, they’re being mauled to death by wild bears. Sounds like a dark fable or horror story, right? But this tale is straight from the Bible, in the book of 2 Kings. It raises uncomfortable questions about God’s nature, justice, and mercy — especially when children are involved.
God doesn’t care about gold. People do.
Genesis 1 presents a creation order that has shaped religious thought for millennia. But when read through a scientific lens, one detail stands out as problematic: the creation of plants before the sun.
For centuries, the Bible has offered a detailed genealogy tracing human history from Adam to Jesus—a timeline that, when taken literally, suggests the Earth and humanity are only a few thousand years old.
