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In this video Sam Shamoun debates a Mormon in a live debate hosted by Brian Davila, and the topic is whether the Bible teaches creation out of nothing. The Mormon argues that Genesis 1 doesn’t teach creatio ex nihilo, since the text leaves the chaotic waters of verse 2 in place, and he cites scholars like John J. Collins and J.R. Porter as the majority view. Sam answers that even with Collins’ translation, “when God created the heavens and the earth,” the earth is already said to be created in verse 1, so the watery deep in verse 2 is part of what God made and not something that existed before him. They go back and forth over a movie-theater and candy-bar analogy for the Hebrew sentence structure, and Sam points to 2 Maccabees 7:28 as an ancient reading of Genesis that takes it as creation from nothing. He also says the scholarly consensus doesn’t settle the question, because many of those scholars assume Genesis is a patchwork of Babylonian and pagan sources, a view Sam says he doesn’t share. The debate ends on Jesus and the Pentateuch, with Sam pointing to Matthew 19:4-6 and John 7:20-23 as Jesus attributing the law to Moses. Timestamps📌 0:00 Mormon says creation from nothing isn’t in the Bible 3:00 Sam responds to John J. Collins’ translation 7:00 The movie-theater candy analogy and the earth in Genesis 1:1 11:00 how ancient readers took Genesis 14:00 Jesus Moses and the Pentateuch Like 👍 Share to Other Christian Brother & Sisters ❤️ ✅Subscribe Subscribe to ​⁠​⁠Shamounian Sam Shamouns Articles to Help with Christian / Islam objections https://answeringislam.blog/690ca956ea00a60f4925c2c7-2/ https://answering-islam.org Support the Channel by helping put out videos more consistently and with more topics for all christians ❤️🙏 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6uIGfgTH4x4360B0RDl4hg/join Tiktok where i repost other clips: https://www.tiktok.com/@islam_to_jesuschrist?_t=ZP-8zjalwdkjnC&_r=1 Tiktok BackUp: https://www.tiktok.com/@islam_to_jesuschrist2?_r=1&_t=ZP-97GQXc80oow Instagram where i also post clips: https://www.instagram.com/shamounianexplains?igsh=enJ4YTB5ejVuc3B5&utm_source=qr #samshamoun #christian #mormon #debate #bible