2007-03-07 11:04:40 · 10 answers · asked by LaCangri 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They don't. But you can find lots of rationalizations provided by apologists.
The scholarly or academic view is that the editor of Genesis merged two different (yet similar) traditions - one from the northern Kingdom of Israel and one from the southern Kingdom of Judea -- each with their own tale of creation.
The fundamentalist or delusional view is that God wrote Genesis through Moses, dictating it word for word, and there is really only one creation story. We are not privy to understand God's higher purpose in making it seem as though there are two creation stories.
2007-03-07 11:07:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
they are a zoom in
1 - THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE AND WORLD in Genesis 1
2 - FOCUSES ON THE CREATION OF MAN
in Genesis 2 and 3, this one also adds the fall of man and points toward to a redeemer
this is consistent with parallelism, going back to the early story stating it with a slightly different perspective
the Bible zooms in more around chapter 10 to focus on Abraham and his spiritual and physical descendents
2007-03-07 11:20:51 · answer #2 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 2 creation stories so that people will question the bible's validity and only the true believers will believe it. (I'm being sarcastic)
2007-03-07 11:10:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great question :)
Actually, my understanding is that they're similar but don't compliment each other completely (one says humans were created early, the other late...etc.)
I heard one guy say that earth was created, wiped clean, and created again...but I haven't read the stories thoroughly enough to say I agree or not.
2007-03-07 11:08:09 · answer #4 · answered by DougDoug_ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you refering to Genesis where GOD makes Man, then Later, where GOD makes Adam and Eve?
Read Ecclesiastes chap.1, I Believe that the Earth has been around 4 to 5 Billions Years.
The "Man"--(male man and female man) GOD Created first, coulda been on the Earth YEARs befor Adam and Eve showed up.
Ditto...............
2007-03-07 11:10:05 · answer #5 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After the Babylonian exile, the Judeans and Israelites wrote down a Bible that combined their two traditions.
2007-03-07 11:11:39 · answer #6 · answered by novangelis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there are as many creation stories as ther have ever been cultures, not just "2".
2007-03-07 11:14:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God's Love!
2007-03-07 11:07:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
They were written by different people and no one cared if they were accurate or not since most of it is made up anyway.
2007-03-07 11:08:12 · answer #9 · answered by bocasbeachbum 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
THERE IS ONE BIBLICAL CREATION STORY...WHAT IS THE OTHER?
2007-03-07 11:08:09 · answer #10 · answered by bacha2_33461 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋