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The Two Creation Stories
The Book of Genesis which appears in the Old Testament of the Bible displays two stories of Gods ultimate creation of the world, its inhabitants and most notably human beings. However, these stories differ in literary description as well as terms of events that brought about the unyielding and mystifying question of; how did we get here? These stories are both key elements in the lives of billions of people around the world, they are the foundation of faith and what ultimately keeps people believing in the everyday purpose of their lives.
In the first chapter of Genesis 1.26-31 there is more of a poetic illustration of the creation of the external world and its inhabitants in six days. It begins with how heaven and earth itself came to be; "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without...
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