Light was the first creation of God, before and different from His creation of matter.
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'''Light''' can refer to [[electromagnetic]] [[radiation]] of any [[wavelength]], or to EM radiation of visible wavelengths <ref>Wavelengths of EM spectrum <i>usbyte.com</i> [http://www.usbyte.com/common/approximate_wavelength.htm]</ref> ; that stimulate the [[organ]]s of sight, having for normal human vision wavelengths ranging from about 3900 to 7700 [[ångstrom]]s (390 to 780 [[nm]]), violet has the shortest wavelength and red has the largest.
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'''Light''' was the first creation of [[God]], before and different from His creation of matter. It can refer to [[electromagnetic]] [[radiation]] of any [[wavelength]], or to EM radiation of visible wavelengths <ref>Wavelengths of EM spectrum <i>usbyte.com</i> [http://www.usbyte.com/common/approximate_wavelength.htm]</ref> ; that stimulate the [[organ]]s of sight, having for normal human vision wavelengths ranging from about 3900 to 7700 [[ångstrom]]s (390 to 780 [[nm]]), violet has the shortest wavelength and red has the largest.
It travels at the [[speed of light]]: about 186,300 [[mile]]s (300,000 kilometres) per second.
It travels at the [[speed of light]]: about 186,300 [[mile]]s (300,000 kilometres) per second.
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As with any wave, wavelength times frequency equals the speed of a light wave.
As with any wave, wavelength times frequency equals the speed of a light wave.
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In the Biblical creation God created light on the first [[day]]; [[God]] said ''Let there be light,'' and there was light<ref>[[Genesis]] 1:3</ref>. We must thus deduce than light can exist without a source of its own, unless one counts God as a possible source.
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In the Biblical creation God created light on the first [[day]]; [[God]] said ''Let there be light,'' and there was light.<ref>[[Genesis]] 1:3</ref> We must thus deduce than light can exist without a source of its own, unless one counts God as a possible source.