In genesis two Humans are made from dust of the earth, making them part of the physical world, making them physical and spiritual beings, different from animals and plants. However in genesis 2 it states that God created man first, from dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. Then because God believed that it was not good for man to be alone he would create a ‘helper’. Man found no one suitable so God put him into a deep sleep and removed one of his ribs out of this he created women. Christians therefore question if men are superior to women, as God made him first and Eve was only created for Adam, out of his own body.
Rosemary Radford Ruether, the author of “Gaia and God” presents the three classical creation stories in her book. According the Ruether, creation stories are also “blueprints for society”. (25) Ruether’s main point regarding this statement points to the culture of the society from which they propagate. The three classical creation stories: the Babylonian story, the Hebrew stories, and the Greek stories make up Christianity and the biblical traditions. In Ruether’s first example, she finds evidence of her theory of social blueprints in social messages contained within the ancient Babylonian creation story.
Other similarity is that Genesis says that God created the man from the dust and in the Popol Vuh myth the four gods created the man out of the flesh. In Genesis, God created nature and the world before humans. In Popul Vuh, humans were the last official creations. In addition, both creations seemed to either defy or dissatisfy the Gods or God in some way. In both stories the gods or God struck down a flood as a symbol of their anger as well.
Marduk killed her in specific ways that then Tiamat’s soul made the different parts of the world we live in today. There are many more than just one God that are accountable for the making of the universe. Jacob: Interesting… and why was it that the world was created? Where does humanity come into play? Muhammad: Marduk’s creation of the human race was for elevation of his rule.
Now in previous verses God is creating everything in the earth, but the thing that sets the creation of man apart from this, is being made in His image and having His breath breathed into man. The purpose of life has so many different meanings, and they can be found on just about every page of the bible. According to John 17:3 the whole purpose for life on earth is, “that they may know You, the only true God”(John 17:3, NIV). Ecclesiastes 12:13 has an amazing blunt explanation in the purpose of life, “..Fear God and keep his
God gave humans domination over the rest of creation, because of this human being is put in charge to take care of the Lord’s creation and not destroy it. In the Bible “formed a man” (Gen 2:7) roughly translates to Adam in Hebrew and the name Eve means living. Adam and Eve are a representation of human beings. Human beings exist on Earth in order to experience good and evil and are tested by God to learn to choose good over evil. By having children, humans give others the same chance to experience life.
Identity: God created mankind above the animals. Man was created a little lower than the angels (Psalms 8:5). Male and female were both created “in the image of God” (Genesis 2:15). Although the earth and the animals are not to be worshipped, mankind is responsible to take care of God’s creation. In reality, Christians should be leading the charge as environmentalists and animal rights activists while at the same time appropriately reaping the benefits of the earth for its natural resources and animals for food.
(i) I agree with this statement because the modern attitude of protestant Christianity teach that although Adam was said to be made first in the creation story, in Genesis 1 God says that he created male and female in the image of himself, and that he created both male and female at the same time. Therefore no Gender is more superior to another. Another reason that I believe women should have equal roles in religion is because St Paul teaches that neither male of female are within God. If this is the case men and woman should have equal rights. Finally it is evident from many Gospels that Jesus treated women this the most upright respect and as his equals.
Genesis(1:26-27) "Then God said 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air..' "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them" It was not Adam alone, but Eve who made up God's image, and thus, women are a part of this creation story, not demeaned but fully equal in the benefits provided by God. Arguing the idea that the male gender was created first is like twins arguing about who is greater due to which emerged first from the womb. They were created equally and with the intention of reflecting God's image in their own union, man and wife. http://www.religioustolerance.org/lfe_bibl.htm The Bible teaches that man and woman were co-participants in the Fall: Adam and Eve were both responsible. Gen 3:6; Rom 5:12-21; The Bible teaches that both man and woman were created in God's
Each type has a different way of viewing the world and situations around them. The Biblical-Christian world view sees things a lot differently than other world views the Biblical-Christian world view starts off with origin which is that everything exist as a result of God. From the book of Genesis "God created the Heavens and the Earth". The identity of the Biblical-Christian world view is that God is eternal and that mankind is a special creation of God. God created mankind above the animals but a little lower than the angels.