The Chess Game

1. g4 d5 2. h3 h5 3. g5 e5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Na7 11. a4 c6 12. bxc6 Bb4 13. Bd2 Naxc6 14. Nb5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Ng6 16. Rb1 Qe7 *

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Chester and the Master played quietly for a dozen moves or so. Chester was amazed at how casually and easily the Master adapted to his strange opening. In fact the Master kept putting pressure on Chester's position. After about four more moves Chester had reached a position where he felt he wasn't in danger of losing a piece. Slowly Chester looked up at the Master and asked, "What word?"

The Master replied, "Word?" A joy seeped into the room.

Chester wasn't looking at the board instead he focused on the Master again. "How can one word solve the debate of evolution versus creation? It seems to me that is a paradox."

The got up from his chair and declared. "It doesn't solve the debate it joins them together, it joins them. They are both part of the story.

The Master left the porch and when he came back he had brought an English King James Bible and a concordance. "Read to me what the first two verses of this bible says and stop."

Chester took the leather book and flipped pages until he found Genesis. Reading he said "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." Looking up Chester shrugged and said, "So?"

The Master said, "Look up in the concordance the definition of was, right after earth in the second verse. You will see what is translated as the English word was should better be translated as the phrase 'It came to pass'. Or if you want a word for word translation, instead of was it should be became. My Master told me told me the original Hebrew meant And it came to pass that the earth became a wasteland empty and chaotic."

Chester challenged. "You can't just rewrite Genesis."

The Master pointed to the second verse. "I'm showing you the full meaning of verse two in the original Hebrew, not as it was translated into English. Look up the original Hebrew for without form and void. They also mean chaotic and empty. As you can see, there is no word for word equivalence in English for the Hebrew words of hayah, tohuw and bohuw. Taking their full meaning it becomes clear that there was a lot of time between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. It is the events that are not mentioned between these two verses that led up to the earth becoming a chaotic wasteland. The missing information solves the mystery of Evolution vs Creation.

Forgetting the chess game, Chester said. "You have my full attention."

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