Saturday, June 26, 2010

The Second Time Around .. Genesis revisited.

Genesis 1
It is a widely held belief in the scholarly community is that there are two creation stories in Genesis: the first creation story takes place in Genesis 1, while the second takes place in Genesis 2. The first creation account of man takes place on the sixth day and is as follows: "And God said, 'Let US make man in OUR image, in OUR likeness. They shall rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the cattle, the whole earth, and all the creeping things that creep on the earth.' And God created man in His image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them and God said to them, 'Be fertile and increase, fill the earth and master it; and rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and all the living things that creep on earth." (Genesis 1:26-28)

This man wasn't NOT civilized and didn't have much mental capacity of overall consciousness. He was to rule other creatures as far as being the 'dominant' animal.

Genesis 2
The second account of creation explains that "the LORD God formed man from the dust of the earth. He blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being." (Genesis 2:7) Genesis 2 then goes on to explain how God made the garden of Eden. God also brought all the wild beasts and birds of the sky to Adam to name. Genesis also states that "for Adam no fitting helper was found. So the LORD God cast a deep sleep upon the man; and, while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that spot. And the LORD God fashioned the rib that He had taken from the man into a woman; and He brought her to the man." (Genesis 2:20-22) The man then named the woman. "This one shall be called Woman" (Genesis 2:23) Genesis 2 then explains that this is why "a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh." (Genesis 2:24)

This man in Genesis 2 had some sort of mental capacity and awareness considering "God" brought all animals to him to name himself unlike the man created in Genesis. Woman wasn't even fashioned from man's rib until Genesis 2. And its also mentions "God" rests on the 7th day in Genesis 2 ... THEN he goes back to make Adam AND Even AFTER the .. "Let US make man in OUR image" passage in Genesis 1 as stated above.

Read the Lost Book of Enki and it'll be sure to shake all this up and connect to dots. I'm sure half of the believers don't believe most of it. Just afraid to believe in yourself and the fear of eternal damnation has a hold on ya.


I may not be-LIE-ve it, but by God I know it.