It doesn’t?! You mean “gravitational perturbations” aren’t really disturbances in the gravitational field? Gravity doesn't have to "go away" - all it has to do is be stronger in some places and weaker in others.
However you parse the description, it seems the waters “above” and the waters “below” were divided (and now it seems even the moon got some of that stuff).
“It's just artistic license to turn the hard metal tent into a dome held up by pillars.”
Ya think? It was an attempt to describe the reality of what The Bible meant. We may now have a better model of that reality.
“However you parse the description, it seems the waters “above” and the waters “below” were divided (and now it seems even the moon got some of that stuff).”
Finding water on the moon now constitutes evidence of the biblical accuracy of the division between waters above and below? What if water is found somewhere else? Might earth then be “above”?
Please, more!
I rest my case.....
Look, if you want to read "windows of heaven" as a metaphor for changing gravitational attractions, that's perfectly fine with me. I'm not here to argue that the Bible shouldn't be read metaphorically. Just don't then tell me I can't do the same with the dust of the earth, breath of life part. (I know you haven't, but some do, which was my only point.)
It was an attempt to describe the reality of what The Bible meant. We may now have a better model of that reality.
I don't see what you're driving at. I agree with you, that painting you described was an attempt to depict what the Bible said. That's what I said from the start.