Barbarian said:
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created heaven, and earth. [2] And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
You should keep reading. The beginning was not the just the first second... or just the first day. The beginning was the creation event described in the first book of God's Word.
For in six days, God created the heavens and the earth and everything in them.
Barbarian said:
Sorry, God says what was there, and male and female were not there. Jesus isn't contradicting Himself; He's referring to the creation of our race, not the beginning in Genesis 1:1.
Male and female were there at the beginning. Jesus tells us "from the beginning of the creation, male and female made He them" Matthew 19:4 It is plain in English.
It is even more clear in the Greek.
The Greek word for 'beginning' in that verse is ARCHE
Strongs says "used absolutely, of
the beginning of all things: ἐν ἀρχή, John 1:1f (Genesis 1:1); ἀπ' ἀρχῆς, Matthew 19:4"
The word for 'creation' in that verse is KTISEOS... Strongs: "2936 ktízō – properly, create, which applies only to God who alone can make
what was "not there before" (Latin, ex nihilo, out of nothing, J.Thayer);
In Mark 10:6 the word used connecting humanity to the beginning is... Strongs: "2937 ktísis – properly, creation (creature) which is founded from nothing (this is also the sense of this term from Homer on);
creation out of nothing
Barbarian said:
And in the early 20th century, YE creationism was invented to revise it to fit man's desires.
You are dishonest and know Jews and Christians have defended the truth of scripture (and young earth) for the past 3000 years. Scripture... and the Gospel message are clear that humanity was created in the beginning.