The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
Rain is caused by open windows in heaven.
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What current science says
Rain comes from the water cycle, not windows in the sky. Warm air makes liquid water from oceans, lakes, and plants evaporate into water vapor. As the air rises and cools, that vapor condenses into tiny droplets that form clouds. When droplets get heavy enough, gravity pulls them down as rain, snow, or hail. We can measure all of this with thermometers, satellites, and weather radar, and it matches physics perfectly—not magic openings in heaven.
What the text says
"The windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained." This happens whenever it stops raining.
Three honest ways to read this passage
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As history
The text records how its authors understood the world with the knowledge they had. Read this way, a difference from modern science is a window into the ancient mind, not a failure.
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As accommodation
The text speaks to its first audience in their own terms, to make a point that isn't mainly about physics or biology. Read this way, the scientific detail is the vehicle, not the cargo.
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As contradiction
The text makes a claim about the physical world that modern findings dispute. Read this way, the difference is a genuine factual disagreement worth naming.
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