I give credit for that atheist guy, at least he is honest, but you badecker are dishonest (if in any case you believe what the Word of God really says).
God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that this was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it. (AMP.version)
Get lost with your Copernicus and nasa, repent.
I don't want to blame you for promoting your pet point. I gues we all do that.
Genesis 1:6-10:
6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.” 7So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And
it was so. 10God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw
that it was good.
Notice in the above verses that God separated the waters that were under the sky from the waters that were above the sky. Then, the next day, He gathered the waters under the sky to one place so that dry ground appeared.
The point? The waters were one before God separated them by placing the sky between them. After He separated them, the Bible record only talks about the waters under the sky. The waters under the sky had dirt mixed in; they were mud. How do we know? He separated the water from the dirt in the mud, so that the mud would become solidified dry ground.
Two points about this:
1. Before the separation, there was no distinction made between the waters (mud) that went above the sky, and the waters (mud) that went below the sky. The waters (mud) above the sky were the same as the waters (mud) below the sky. If God did any separating of the mud above the sky, He doesn't tell us. However;
2. The thing that keeps the waters separate is gravity. If we didn't have gravity (whatever it is), we would still have mud. Why? Because it is gravity that makes the various densities to be effective, so that dry ground can appear. So it was the beginning of the third day that God made gravity.
Note that all I am trying to do here is separate you from your distinctive densities.