if God described creation to us today, would he be 'free' to describe it much better than he did to Adam?

Answer 1

I am not sure that I am understanding your question, but if you are asking what I think you are asking, then it's actually an excellent question to think about.

So, if we moderns were faced with writing the Creation account, you ask, through the inspiration of God, would it be a fuller account?

I think some would say it would be a more scientifically detailed account, containing the language of mathematics, physics, and all sorts of terminology that would tell us precisely how all things came into being.

Others would say that these are only the facts and details, and the created world is so complex that formulas cannot contain all that creation is -- and so the story of creation would have to be described in a poem or analogy (just like the ancients did) or perhaps it would need to be written as a musical score or danced as a ballet.

And perhaps if we did all of these things at once, we would still not be able to tell the whole story of creation because the universe is so vast and wonderful, ever changing and emerging.

I sometimes think of this myself -- suppose the canon were still open and we too could write in our own stories of our experiences and discoveries --what would those scriptures look like?!

Thank you for an imaginative question--and keep on imagining!

Answer 2

he did 2:30. And when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to place a viceroy in the earth, they said: wilt Thou place
therein one who will do harm therein and will shed blood, while we, we hymn Thy praise and sanctify Thee? He said:
Surely I know that which ye know not.
31. And He taught Adam all the names, then showed them to the angels, saying: Inform me of the names of these, if
ye are truthful.
32. They said: Be glorified! We have no knowledge saving that which Thou hast taught us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the
Knower, the Wise.
33. He said: O Adam! Inform them of their names, and when he had informed them of their names, He said: Did I not
tell you that I know the secret of the heavens and the earth? And I know that which ye disclose and which ye hide.
34. And when We said unto the angels: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis He
demurred through pride, and so became a disbeliever.
35. And We said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely (of the fruits) thereof where ye
will; but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrongdoers.
36. But Satan caused them to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the (happy) state in which they were; and We
said: Fall down, one of you a foe unto the other! There shall be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a tune.
37. Then Adam received from his Lord words (of revelation), and He relented toward him. Lo! He is the Relenting the
Merciful.
38. We said: Go down, all of you, from hence; but verily there cometh unto you from Me a guidance; and whoso
followeth My guidance, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.