Blog: Creation Stories

What I found interesting about the creation stories from other cultures is that this was actually the early forms of science, since science actually stems from religion. Many of these conjectures about how the universe is and how it came to be, were somewhat complex theories for that day and age; albeit theories that could never be proven. Something that I wonder is why the Genesis creation story was so successful as opposed to the Khepera creation story which I’ve never heard about and is frankly ridiculous. After further reading, learning about the cultural significance of the Genesis creation story has helped me realize why it was so revolutionary. In a world slewed with polytheistic creation stories, and those with absurd perverse sexual self-conception stories, the Genesis account certainly puts forth a brave alternative for the time. Furthermore, the depictions of God in the creation stories are in my opinion certainly the best possible kind of God humankind might ask for. The beginning narrative depicts God as a transcendent all-powerful being that creates us and the world, after that it shows he personally made us, walked with us, and interacted with us. This is where the idea of mankind having a relationship with God comes from I believe. Genesis is certainly an interesting book of the Bible with a complicated narrative from various time periods, I would like to learn about how my classmates have looked at the book in the past. The idea of the book of Genesis not being completely literal was one that was challenging to me for a while, but I’m coming more and more to terms with the symbolism in the book.