ok so my theology assignment...
what does the religious myth of the second creation story (in the bible) say to us today?
thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-10-02 11:34:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ok, creation is in fact a religious myth, meaning the story may not have actually happened, but the story holds meaning (not meant to be taken literally)
2007-10-02 12:59:10 · update #1
and the 2nd chapter in Genesis clearly is headed "second creation story"
2007-10-02 13:00:08 · update #2
Absolutely nothing, except for the fact that it contradicts the first creation story. It's a myth with no intrinsic value or meaning.
2007-10-02 11:42:28 · answer #1 · answered by Shawn B 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The 2nd creation story may hopefully lead us to question the validity of the creation stories of Rev 12.
Read Rev 12 and ask yourself questions about is this talking about things that have already happened ?
It tells of the fall of the red dragon and the taking 1/3 of the angels with him.
1.Question yourself about how the first child was born to the woman clothed with the sun, and the 12 stars.
Who could this be ? How was Jesus born into the world ?
2.Ask your self the question that the woman was taken to a place that was prepared for her where she was fed for a thousand two hundred and threescore days. ?
3.Is this a different place then the one where she is nourished for A Time, Times and Half-a-Time. ?
4. Is the last verse talking about Noah's flood ?
Is 1 talking about the 1st Age when dinosaurs roamed the earth ?
Is 2 talking about the 2nd age, the time of Job ?
Is 3 talking about the 3rd age, the Garden of Eden
Is 4 talking about the last time the earth was destroyed by Noah's flood.
If this is possible then is it also possible that Rev 13 is talking about Abraham and Moses.
How many ages are there, does the fact that there are 7 seals, have anything to do with ages.
Ask yourself these questions ?
2007-10-02 12:45:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creation isn't a myth, and there is not a 2nd creation story. The 2nd chapter merely focuses on the details, and is not ordered.
2007-10-02 11:52:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
explain more?
Edite:
One distinctive feature of the stories is the names of the Creator God in each. The first refers to the Creator as God, or as Elohim (the plural majestic form of El) in Hebrew, while the second refers to the Creator as the LORD God, or YHWH, which is God's personal name in Hebrew. The first story does not use God's personal name.
2007-10-02 11:42:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋