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Here is a contradiction in the Bible no one has ever been able to give a decent explanation of. In the book of Genesis 1, it says GOD created (in this order) the sky, earth, light, water, plants sun, moon, stars, fish, animals, and lastly man.
In Genesis 2, it says GOD created (in this order) Earth, heavens, Adam (man), plants, animals, and Eve. Many people have told me the Qur'an is from man and not from GOD because of contradictions like this, but the Bible has just as many. I have many others but I will list them one at a time.

2007-07-25 04:44:15 · 11 answers · asked by KillaKrane 1 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Chapter 2 reiterates that God created animals, not that they were created after man.

2007-07-25 04:48:28 · answer #1 · answered by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5 · 2 0

Many understand the first two chapters of Genesis to be two different creations. The first was an "ideal" or "spirit" creation, and the second was the actual physical creation. The idea behind the "spiritual" creation is that God made everything first in like "spirit blueprint" before he made them physically. Everything, both humans and animals, but also the land, sea, earth, and elements, has a spirit identity that was created by God before everything else was created. Then he went and created it in a physical, material form (Genesis 2).
Other scholars think that there were two ancient Creation stories that Moses (or whoever wrote Genesis) just got from somewhere else and put together at the beginning of the book. I don't really believe that, but it is a decent explanation.
Hope that helps.

2007-07-25 04:58:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There is actually no contradiction between the accounts of Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. The best way to understand the creation story is to see Genesis chapter one as an overview of all God did to create the heavens and the earth. In chapter two, the story zooms in to look at day six and study those events in a more detailed fashion.

It's a technique of storytelling used even today by many movies. The film will start by saying something like "This is a story of two people. They met and fell in love. But then they lost each other. But after a while they finally found their way back to true love again. How they did so is the beginning of our story..." The movie will then show exactly how that all takes place.

The creation of man is written in the same way. Genesis 1:26-27 says, "Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.' God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."

2007-07-25 04:50:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

This is the best contradiction stated below in Genesis in the Bible

Chapter 1, verses 11-13,
Vegetation was created on the third day along with seed-bearing grasses, plants and trees; and further on as per verses 14-19, the sun was created on the fourth day. How is it scientifically possible for the vegetation to have appeared without the presence of the sun, as it has been stated in the Bible?

It also says light is created on the first day where as the source of light 'The Sun' is created on the fourth day. How is this scientifically possible?

2007-07-26 23:43:26 · answer #4 · answered by Saphire4 5 · 0 0

There are many scientific and mathematical contradictions in the Bible which cannot be attributed to God, but your claim that Quran too has some is not supported by proof, as the Quran itself says that

Will they not then ponder on the Qur'an? If it had been from other than God they would have found therein much incongruity.
Nisa Verse:82

It has more than 1000 verses only on science, and not even 0.01% has been proven wrong by modern established science

2007-07-25 05:26:59 · answer #5 · answered by mehrosh 2 · 0 1

If you read it carefully, you'll see that you were wrong
In the second chapter it's referring to god creating the plants in the garden of Eden, not the whole world, the same thing goes for the animals.

2007-07-25 04:47:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Most religious books are full of contradictions, with the possible exception of the Life of Buddha, as he seeks the truth.

2007-07-25 04:49:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

The Bible, apparently, is full of contradictions, nonsense, illogicalities, myths, lies and distortions - so why is it still the best selling book each year?.

2007-07-25 04:54:28 · answer #8 · answered by cheir 7 · 0 0

Are you new here....this has been brought up and discussed over and over...please go to the history of questions asked....repeating the same discussions is getting old...

2007-07-25 04:48:27 · answer #9 · answered by chico2149 4 · 0 0

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don't bother, there are several sites that already list these.

2007-07-25 04:49:41 · answer #10 · answered by JerseyRick 6 · 1 0

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