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Fischer Hazen
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Thoughts on Genesis 1 and 2
I have never been a religious person, and have never read any part of the bible, so reading Genesis was a new experience. The way that Genesis is written, feels very simple with very straight forward sentences. While reading, I thought that the book of Genesis was written for all people. It would make sense to the lower class, whom maybe didn't have the best reading skills, and for the upper classes who would find it easy to read and understand. The authors of the bible always portrayed "God" to see the good and evil in all, and to know what is right in everything. The line, "and it was so", and the line, "that it was good" constantly appears throughout the sections one and two of Genesis. To me, this seemed to be an interesting choice of words. For me it provides no explanation of why it was good or bad, and it doesn't say how or why the certain inventions of "God" came into being. This is probably because I have never believed in an "all powerful being" whom is always right and can do whatever they want. So these concepts of "blind faith" can be a little bit confusing/frustrating for me. Overall I can't understand why the Bible was accepted without proof or conflict.
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I 100% agree with you on all the points you made. You wrote this well and it had great ideas. Why should the bible be accepted? We should question what we think we know...
i think you are right. they tell use what is good or bad. the God has power over all. how could you use the bible as proof if creation isn't what actually happened.
You walk a thin line when expression your personal beliefs. This means you are bias, and therfore negates much of what you say. Regardless, your post was well written and thought provoking.
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