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    Various Christians can reconcile the traditional Genesis creation story with scientific theories about the creation of the Earth through apprehending that the Christian creation story is fairly metaphorical whilst scientific theories are more thoroughly justified and proven to be more historically accurate. In the Bible, the book of Genesis describes the ways in which the omniscient, all-loving, infinite God freely created the universe and all creation. It also elucidates the important role humans are instructed

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    But, perhaps one may argue that’s at its core the Iroquois Creation Story seeks not to account for the waged between good and evil for authority, but rather that the universe must exists with both, seeing that they can and often do exists within each other. Even before the creation of the world that it is believed mankind exists on today, there was a presence of the good and evils of the world. The myth begins with the existence of two worlds, an Upper World, sustaining the life of mankind, or more

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    Comparison of the Cherokee and Lakota Creation Stories Joshua J. Vanderstigchel HIST223 History of the American Indian Tamrala Swafford American Military University 08 July 2017 A Comparison of the Cherokee and Sioux Creation Stories There are many cultures throughout the world, and each has its’ own creation story, and many of them are very similar; however the creation stories of the First Nations’ People are some of the most magical. These stories not only tell how the world was created

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    The creation account of Enuma Elish and Genesis share many similarities and differences that are very important. The Enuma Elish is a Babylonian creation myth that is named after its opening words, “When on high” (34). The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity. Both stories share some concepts that are immediately apparent. Enuma Elish begins with “when on high”; Genesis begins with “in the beginning”. Enuma Elish shows a connection between giving of names

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    are many familiar archetypes found in the Creation stories of the Native American Indians. The Iroquois and Navajo Creation Stories from The Norton Anthology American Literature Vol. A, contains several archetypes similar to those of the Judeo-Christian Bible. The story of the Iroquois contains similarities such as a virgin mother, characters of good and evil, different steps to creation, Heaven and Hell. Some concepts follow through in the Navajo story, but it also mentions the importance of marriage

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    So the 2 stories that are going to be compared is the Greek and the genesis creation stories. Even though the Greek and genesis creation stories are very much alike they also have their differences. They both have different ideas but they see eye to eye with some ideas. For the similarities of the 2 stories they share things such as landscaping and how humans were first made. First how they were created is very similar. In the Greek creation story (Zeus son created men in the image of god) in genesis

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    lives. People participate in different practices based on their beliefs. The Hebrew creation story lead to the development of the Christian faith, which is intertwined in not only the Hebrew culture, but also in many others around the world, which results in people shaping their lives according to this story. People cherish Sundays in cultures that possess the christian faith as their belief. The creation story states, “Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from

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    The creation story in the book of Genesis was written by multiple people at different time periods. The chapters that appear first in the bible are actually written after the following chapters but the later authors wanted their story to be first. Gen 1:1-2:4 was written by priestly writers in 7th century BCE, while Genesis 2:4-3:1 was written in 9 BCE. They created this story to explain the creation of the world and the purpose of man, though they did not believe the narrative needed to be consistent

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    The Greek and Genesis creation stories resemble each other in many ways but also they have their differences too. Imagine two stories that come from two different places could have so many similarities, but it also has it’s differences. Creation stories are common among different cultures, but the Greek and Genesis creation stories have both similarities and differences in how they began and how humans were created. Both Greek and Genesis creation stories are different for many reasons, but they

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    Genesis and Hindu creation story are both about the beginnings of life, they will be compared and contrasted to find out how Hindu creation story takes many similarities from the Bible. First off, the Bible and Hindu creation story might be similar in many ways but are also different in many ways. The Bible creation story starts with nothing the earth was void. Darkness roamed the surface of the waters. Then God commanded there to be light, and light filled the atmosphere. God proclaimed the light

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