...there's a lot here for me to answer. I intend to give answers to the best of my ability later on. What I do have time to answer is the 'how does this reinforce your belief in Christ?' question. The Bible is not as veiled as far as its deeper meaning goes. It's like the dust cloud at an atomic level.
Now, if a person looks out into the sky they see the sun. We know, scientifically, that the sun sustains life in our galaxy - and so on (just type-o'd "in our galaxy - and son"
Sagan and his 'star stuff' was right, so keep that going. We are the 'sun' - the mind of the body...this is our cognitive awareness. IT spreads out the same way. Now I start to venture into talking about shadows, but I'm going to have to come back to it.
What makes the 'sun' superior is its ability to see in a bazillion different directions to dispel darkness. The darkness is already there, the sun develops it.
Have to jet for a bit. Will continue.