Can someone tell me which account on creation is right? Because they are all in the Bible, but each one contradicts each other.
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image.... So God created man in his own image. Genesis 1:25-27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:27
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Genesis 2:18-19
2007-09-09 17:57:05 · 4 answers · asked by yoshi 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them.... And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Genesis 2:18-22
2007-09-09 17:57:40 · update #1
They're both wrong - they contradict known scientific facts, but that's ok because they were written by people who had no clue about that kind of thing.
2007-09-09 18:04:11 · answer #1 · answered by Dreamstuff Entity 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I don't see any contradiction, I do see repetition, but no contradiction. In writing a long manuscript, even today when you have modern transcribing devices, it is easy to forget that you have already written something, and write it again. This could be the reason why you see two explanations of the same events. One may be worded different, but they relate to the same event.
2007-09-10 12:58:59 · answer #2 · answered by loufedalis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be two different uses of the word formed, one as in created and the other as in formed up for review.
2007-09-10 01:12:04 · answer #3 · answered by mrglass08 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too many people take the bible (and other religious doctrines)
too literal. The bible was written by numerous authors , years
after the events depicted were supposed to have happened..
and several books were rejected.....try thinking of it as more
of a metaphorical guide...
2007-09-10 01:14:03 · answer #4 · answered by evensout 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋