Kim, you are right there is one correction needed in my post. On no. 5 I was referring to the sequence of evolutionary events leading from asexual to SEXUAL not bi-sexual. You would think as an astronomer I would be more lucid at 2:00a.m. I mentioned this one because of the improbability of this occurring by random mutational acts and still factoring in any survival aspects. Now to address your questions, keeping in mind that volumes have been written on each over the centuries and none of them by me 1) Astronomical bodies are referred to as "lights" to keep them impersonal. As I mentioned before, pagan cultures gave them names and titles and constructed myths around them. Gen. 1:14 says their purpose is to mark days and seasons. The stars years, the moon months, the sun days. As a side note when God said "Let there be light" this was not one of His creative acts. The Hebrew language used there indicates a declaration of the fact that light already existed and was to shine in the darkness. As for the rainbow we know how water droplets in the atmosphere cause this when it rains. Some have proposed that it had not rained on the Earth until the Flood. Genesis 2:5 indicates this. Genesis 1: 6&7 says there was water above the sky and below. This leads to the canopy theory, a canopy of water that surrounded the planet that equalized the temperature from pole to pole ( you have heard of the tropical plant fossils found at the poles) and blocked the harmful radiation from space which had the effect of extending life. 2) God as "father" is gender related only if considered in a biological setting. Once again we have to consider the culture to whom the Bible is addressed. Father can mean the source or originator of a thing. God is father to Israel because He delivered them from Egypt and established them Duet. 32:6, and Abraham is called the father of many nations. 3) Jesus the offspring of God? No, He was the Son of God. Again cultural context is a factor. "Son" can mean a persons position under authority to a "Father" a greater authority. Historical Christian doctrine supports Jesus' claim that he was God. 4) Mary sinless? Yeah, there is nothing in the Bible to support this. 5) What do you mean I lost you here : 0 Basically I was trying to point out is that we are stumped by so much of what occurs in the natural world that we put unrealistic stipulations on what we term supernatural . Good questions Kim and asked in an honest non-mocking or insulting fashion.