Who made the world?

Who made the world?

1. Creation stories

   • We can look at them literally or symbolically
   • Used to order chaos, instruct us how to live and to demonstrate qualities of god
   • Genesis 1 & 2

2. Genesis 1

   • The earth was dark and there was only rushing water
   • Day 1: God separated light (calling it day) from dark (calling it night)
   • Day 2: God created a dome over them earth which separating the oceans, calling it sky
   • Day 3: God formed large areas which he called land and named the water seas
   • Day 4: God created the sun to govern the day and the moon and stars to govern the night
   • Day 5: God created animals to fill the air and the seas
   • Day 6: God created land animals and man (Adam) in the form of god

3. Genesis 2

   • God puts Adam into the garden of Eden
   • The garden has a river and edible fruit trees
   • The Tree of Life and the Knowledge of Good and Evil are placed in the middle of the Garden and Adam is instructed not to eat the fruit from them
   • Adam gets lonely so God creates Eve as a companion

4. Genesis 3

   • The serpent come to eve and temps her to eat from the forbidden tree
   • Eve eats from it and takes some back for Adam who also eats it
   • Knowing they have sinned, they hide
   • When god comes, he finds out it was the serpent - he is sent to be crushed
   • Women now experience immense pain in childbirth, men have to work for food and everybody dies