The Genesis is a very interesting piece of history. It was written a while ago, and uses a very elevated style, and Shakespeare like vocabulary . One thing i do not understand is why this very important part of history is written in a low level writing style. The Genesis uses "And God said" at the beginning of almost every verse, and the end includes "and it was good". This seems to make me believe that a 10 year old has written this and it doesn't seem like a important piece of writing while reading it.
On the other hand, this piece of writing is very male dominate. I do not like how it states that God creates man in his own image, and he does it before he creates anything else. This makes me so mad that man is the first thing, before a women. Also, a quote from verse 23 states "she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." This makes it seem like women are equivalent to dogs by saying she shall be called, and it puts women a lower level instead of having men and women be equal.
In addition, i feel very ashamed about the idea of a Judge using the Genesis in a court room. Only because i feel teachers should teach both ideas, then the kids can pick what they want to believe in. Instead of teaching one idea that might not be true. On the Hole, everyone ideas are different about this topic, however i believe the Genesis is a important part of history that shows a different view on how everything was created.
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