Creation

	All: The subject of an apparent discrepancy between the Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 accounts of creation was raised in class and I was totally unable to address it.  Well, I've had some time to do some research and  (drum roll) here is my response: PROBLEM:  Gen. 1 declares that animals were created before humans but Gen. 2:19 seems to contradict this saying, "the Lord God formed every beast of the field... and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them," implying that humans (Adam) were created before animals. SOLUTION:  Genesis 1 gives the ORDER of events; Genesis 2 provides more content about the events.  Genesis 2 does not say animals were created after Adam, it merely says that God caused them (previously created by God) to come before Adam for naming.  Chapter 1 is about ORDER, and this verse in Ch 2 is about NAMING. I hope this helps...... if you still want to discuss, feel free. Actually, the more vexing question for me is not that the order is confusing, but how in the world did Adam, on the first day of his creation, have time to name all the animals in the world in just that one day?  It's not a stretch for me to believe that God can do LOTS of things in "one day" but Adam? Oft times, answering one questions brings about more...... Don't you love studying Scripture?  Any thoughts on that? xxx -------------------- Nice job Sunday, you did a lot of work and it paid off with a good session . thanks As for creation - I thought there were (at least) two versions based on Bible Classes and books. I have not re read Google discussions. Long ago, I concluded I had no idea what position is correct or if it matters. Don ------------------------- Guys: On Monday, although it wasn't the subject of the lesson, we had a brief little discussion about Creation vs. Evolution and the prevailing opinion seemed to be that it was not all that difficult to believe in both, i.e. that God could, very well, have created the beginning "stuff" but that Chuck Darwin could also be right in that everything continues to "evolve". Attached, in excel is a little comparison showing 20 differences between the two positions. It seems that once you thoroughly get into Darwin's theory (and what our schools are teaching) compared to what Scripture says, that the inescapable conclusion is that the two positions are in total conflict. In other words, if the Biblical account of Creation is true, then evolution cannot be and, likewise, if Darwin is correct then the Scriptures must be wrong..... What do you think? Worth discussing?...... CREATIONISTS not from don							EVOLUTIONISTS
1	God is the creator of all things. (Gen: 1 )						1	Natural chance processes account for the creation of all things.
2	The world was created  in 6 days. (Gen: 1 )						2	The world evolved over eons of time.
3	Creation is completed.  (Gen: 2:3 )						3	The creative process is continuing
4	The oceans were created before land. (Gen: 1:2)						4	The land came before oceans
5	First life was on land. (Gen: 1:11 )						5	Life began in the oceans
6	First life was land plants. (Gen: 1:11)						6	Marine organisms evolved first
7	The earth came before the sun and stars.  (Gen: 1: 14-19)						7	The sun and stars were first
8	Trees before fishes. (Gen: 1:11,20,21)						8	Fish before trees
9	All stars made on the fourth day of creation. (Gen: 1:16)						9	Stars evolved at various times
10	Birds and fish created on fifth day. (Gen: 1:20,21)						10	Fish evolved hundreds of millions of years before birds
11	Birds before insects. (Gen: 1:20-31, Lev: 11)						11	Insects before birds
12	Whales before reptiles. (Gen: 1: 20-31)						12	Reptiles before whales
13	Birds before reptiles. (Gen: 1: 20-31)						13	Reptiles before birds
14	Man before rain. (Gen: 2:5)						14	Rain before man
15	Man before woman. (Gen: 2:21-22)						15	Woman before man (genetics)
16	Light before the sun. (Gen 1:3-19)						16	Sun before light
17	Plants before the sun. (Gen1: 11-19)						17	The sun before any plants
18	Abundance and variety of life all at once. (Gen: 1:20,21)						18	Abundance evolved from organic microorganism
19	Man's body from the dust of the earth. (Gen 2:7)						19	Man and monkeys from common ancestor
20	Man with dominion over all the earth. (Gen: 1:28)						20	Man merely one product of evolution