Whatever the case, that doesn't change that we do have that concept and we mostly refer to that with the word creation. Your statement that we use it to mean transformation doesn't seem rooted in reality.
Religiously-intended creation, for the most part, also refers to the very beginning.
-Taking for granted what you say, we can also talk about things that don't exist in our tangible reality but are only concepts in our minds, so we can talk about an ex nihilo creation and the term creation most often refers to that. It can also be noted that our tangible reality is not the only...
Even taking for granted what you say, we do have the concept of ex nihilo creation and our use of the word creation mostly refers to that, so what you are saying doesn't appear to be true at all.
When you say an initiator, that word still implies some kind of being rearranging matter.
Transformation has nothing to do with creation and it doesn't explain much, and if you use the word creation it still implies a creator.
About the concept of Heaven predating the Bible, everyone knows that. After all oral tradition always comes before any writing.
You don't need a dash between ex nihilo, as it's not connecting two separate concepts. By the way if you say "creation was not ex nihilo", that sort of implies a creator.
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