But you can't explain why there are two different versions of the creation story, in the original Hebrew..
Genesis 1 states creation occurred in this order: vegetation --> animals --> humans
But beginning in Genesis 2:4 the order of creation is reversed: humans --> vegetation --> animals.
The simplest explanation is that the Genesis creation story had two or more different human authors, whose stories were stitched together by a later compiler.
What day is Michaelmas on?
When is the Mass on Michael?
AM I ,I AM's,AM I
I AM,I AM's, AM I
The Holy Rollers and the Militant Atheists both object to me. That is revealing in itself.
I like going to church occasionally.
I actually think the Bible is one of the most important books humanity has ever produced.
I think that Christianity, on the whole, was a massive benefit to the arc of western civilization.
^^And I have the posts to prove that has been my posture all along.
Doc Dutch (06-02-2022), Frank Apisa (06-02-2022)
The Vatican, for one
https://www.vatican.va/archive/bible...enesis_en.html
On the flipside, I actually think the Militant Atheists who revel and rejoice in mocking the Bible are attacking it from a position of weakness. Because almost 100 percent of their mockery is directed at just ten percent of the Bible - the Book of Genesis.
Almost never mentioned or mocked are the histories, wisdom literature, prophetic literature, or gospels. Because they tend to be chock full of perfectly reasonable and sound ethical lessons and moral truths.
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