15. In the Beginning: Water - Part 2
This is the fifteenth article in the series From Particles to Angels . If you are interested in this article you should read the previous articles in the series in order, beginning with the first ( On Happiness ). In the Beginning: Water: The Judeo-Christian Bible begins with the following words. "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. " ( Genesis 1:1-2 ) The universe begins as a formless and empty darkness. The Hebrew תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ (תֹהוּ (tóhu, “nothingness, void”) + בֹּהוּ (bóhu, “emptiness, desolation”), occurring together as תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ (tóhu vavóhu)) might be translated as either "void" or "chaos". In the last part of the sentence this void is described as deep waters. Should we interpret the above passage to mean the empty void exists after "God created the heavens an