'Chapters 1-2'

We New Romantics hold the unpopular belief in a good Creation. This means that all of the heavens and the earth were created by G-d, which records say took six days. That may seem crazy to some, but, if you also begin with an understanding that in the beginning no matter or anything existed except G-d, then it isn't so far fetched. If God made the world ex nihilo, as the theologians say it
(which simply means from nothing) then that G-d could easily do it in a second, never mind a week. This belief is monotheistic, that one G-d, separate from that which He created, made all that is.
So, while some, including Plato, Gnostics, and the like, choose to subvert for the sake of or subserviating the material to, as either evil or inferior, the spiritual, New Romantics say that all Creation is good. We get this idea from Genesis 1:31. 'God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good.' Don't forget that matter and spirit are equal members of a dualistic universe. That's important. This also means that man and all the animal and plant kingdoms were made good. This means our nature is good and we are intended to be good.
Further, the Scriptures tell us about a time before sin, that mischief and misbehaving that causes so much grief in the world, and lauds it as paradise. We know this sin causes some of our troubles and some suffering, but so often spurious blame is cast on G-d for the state of affairs on this world. But Scripture addresses this issue. This begins to dip into tomorrow's issue, but let it be said simply that, by nature, the world is good and so are the people in it. I hope you don't already think us naive.