@wolfgang59 saidThe scriptures about Abraham explain a lot of things.
Which story do like best? One or two?
Or neither.
(Is there a third I don't know about?)
Creation, G of E, the Flood, Tower of Babel? Sounds like hyperbole, because these were written for/by ancient man, not modern man. I approach them as lessons, not absolute fact. They sound like someone was trying to explain them away.
@suzianne saidMy fingers didn't type what my brain was thinking!
The scriptures about Abraham explain a lot of things.
Creation, G of E, the Flood, Tower of Babel? Sounds like hyperbole, because these were written for/by ancient man, not modern man. I approach them as lessons, not absolute fact. They sound like someone was trying to explain them away.
I was thinking about the Creation myths.
Two (?) in Genesis.
Which one is the best as a work of fiction or fact.
@wolfgang59 saidI think all creation stories served a purpose for the humans who created them.
My fingers didn't type what my brain was thinking!
I was thinking about the Creation myths.
Two (?) in Genesis.
Which one is the best as a work of fiction or fact.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidOf course they do, and they are entertaining for others. Most of us
I think all creation stories served a purpose for the humans who created them.
enjoy Greek & Norse mythology without believing it factual .. and
perhaps there are allegorical "truths" within those myths.
But it's really puzzling that the OT has TWO creation stories. The only sense that
makes is if the editors of Genesis are saying "These stories are not true but both
have value in their messages".
For me I like the idea of Eve being made from Adam's rib.
It's saying man is incomplete without a partner and loneliness isn't a weakness.