Genesis 1 tried to give us an insight on how things happened in the beginning, how the universe got started. It tried but it failed. All, however, is not yet lost as it goes on and looks like the first chapter is more of a preface than an accurate version of what happened all those unknown millenia ago.
When we left off, there was the sky, the earth, the heavens and all living things including Man...
GENESIS 2
1 So the heavens and the earth and everything else were created.
The Seventh Day
2 By the seveth day God had finished his work, and so he rested.
3 God blessed the seventh day and made it special because on that day he rested from his work.4 That's how God created the heavens and the earth.
Feels like there should be a happy ever after here doesn't it.
Spoiler alert - God is omnipotent, why did he need a day to rest?
Looks like we were running over some familiar ground for a minute but then came a twist. Is this to be a more in depth description of what God did in Genesis 1? I can see now why people can get confused when reading the bible.
I think I read the last few verses of Genesis 1 and the first few verses of Genesis 2 three or four times to try and work it out and I've come to the conclusion that G1 is the overview and G2 goes further into specifics. For a while I used to think that God created man and the he created Adam and Eve which would solve a lot of problems but going over it so many times I realise I was giving to much credit and logic to the Bible.
Anyway, onward...
Why? Why would God do something like that? I mean, we all know what's going to happen don't we?
The next couple of verses are about where the garden was situated, almost like a distraction from what has just been said so we'll skip them and go directly to some really confusing stuff.
That's quite a warning, but if you don't already know right from wrong how can you follow that warning? The guy doesn't know good from bad or what it is to die or, in fact, anything and here is God putting a tree in the middle of the Garden with fruit on it.
Set up or what?
Lets continue shall we?
Hey, didn't God already make all the animals and birds and things? Now I know this is bollocks because the animals were named after they were discovered and each of the most common had different names depending on which country they were in and what race of people discovered it. I'm not going to go too far into that sort of thing because everybody knows how animals got their names and lining them up before the man of soil so he could name them when he himself didn't have a name is not how it happened, besides which it would take many lifetimes to name all the animals.
Sexist?
So this is the part where many myths have sprung and one of the more silly myths is the rib count. For a while even I thought man had less ribs than women and for the very same reasons... well, I did when I was a very young boy because that's what I was told and then when I started to think about it I put it down to just the difference between man and woman, biologically speaking that is. When my critical thought process kicked in during my young adult years I decided to find out if men actually did have less ribs than women.
Turns out, it's wrong! Who knew? Well, science (the biological field) did! Except for a couple of individuals who have 11 pairs or 13 pairs (rare) everybody has 12 pairs each. Isn't that something?
This is also the part of the bible that starts the whole sexist thing. Even after all these years there are still cultures that oppress women because of Genesis 1.23. It's so sad that so many can be misguided by so few words from such an ancient pile of hot, steaming bullshit. But that's another subject for another time.
This is the last part of Genesis 2 and it is not making much sense to me. "That's why a man will leave his own father and mother"? I'm thinking that may not be the only reason, perhaps leaving your parents only when you are married was a thing back then... click, my critical thinking mind has turned itself on and I'm going to look that one up... nek minit... it seems that is precisely what it means - wrong or right, it seems man was to stay with his parents until marriage which is a tradition that remains in some cultures even today!
But the nakedness and no shame... it's like Genesis 2.24 is saying, "Well, I think you know what is going to happen, we all do. But for this moment, right now, they are without shame even thought they are naked." All this is said with tongue in cheek as we have already established that Genesis is, well, shite.
I write this blog because it is a passion of mine to explore the myth of god and along the way even I learn some cool stuff but it takes a lot of time and energy to write this blog. If you enjoy reading this blog please make a donation by clicking the DONATE button on the right so I can put more time into creating a better blog.
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The Garden Of Eden
When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,
5 No grass or plants were growing anywhere. God had not yet sent any rain, and there was no one to work the land.
6 But streams came up from the ground and watered the earth.
7 The Lord God took a handful of soil and made a man. God breathed life into the man, and the man started breathing.
8 The Lord made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and then he put the man there.
Looks like we were running over some familiar ground for a minute but then came a twist. Is this to be a more in depth description of what God did in Genesis 1? I can see now why people can get confused when reading the bible.
I think I read the last few verses of Genesis 1 and the first few verses of Genesis 2 three or four times to try and work it out and I've come to the conclusion that G1 is the overview and G2 goes further into specifics. For a while I used to think that God created man and the he created Adam and Eve which would solve a lot of problems but going over it so many times I realise I was giving to much credit and logic to the Bible.
Anyway, onward...
9 The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life - the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.
Why? Why would God do something like that? I mean, we all know what's going to happen don't we?
The next couple of verses are about where the garden was situated, almost like a distraction from what has just been said so we'll skip them and go directly to some really confusing stuff.
15 The Lord God put the man in the garden of Eden to take care of it and look after it.
16 But the Lord told him "You may eat fruit from any tree in the garden,
17 Except the one that has the power to let you know the difference between right and wrong. If you eat any fruit from that tree, you will die before the day is over!"
That's quite a warning, but if you don't already know right from wrong how can you follow that warning? The guy doesn't know good from bad or what it is to die or, in fact, anything and here is God putting a tree in the middle of the Garden with fruit on it.
Set up or what?
Lets continue shall we?
18 The Lord God said, "It isn't good for the man to live alone. I need to make a suitable partner for him."
19-20 So the lord took some soil and made animals and birds. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give each of them. Then the man named the tame animals and the birds and the wild animals. That's how they got their names.
Hey, didn't God already make all the animals and birds and things? Now I know this is bollocks because the animals were named after they were discovered and each of the most common had different names depending on which country they were in and what race of people discovered it. I'm not going to go too far into that sort of thing because everybody knows how animals got their names and lining them up before the man of soil so he could name them when he himself didn't have a name is not how it happened, besides which it would take many lifetimes to name all the animals.
None of these was the right kind of partner for the man.
21 So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side,
22 The Lord then made a woman out of the rib. The Lord God brought her to the man,
23 And the man exclaimed, "Here is someone like me! She is part of my body, my own flesh and bones. She came from me, a man, so I will name her Woman!"
Sexist?
So this is the part where many myths have sprung and one of the more silly myths is the rib count. For a while even I thought man had less ribs than women and for the very same reasons... well, I did when I was a very young boy because that's what I was told and then when I started to think about it I put it down to just the difference between man and woman, biologically speaking that is. When my critical thought process kicked in during my young adult years I decided to find out if men actually did have less ribs than women.
Turns out, it's wrong! Who knew? Well, science (the biological field) did! Except for a couple of individuals who have 11 pairs or 13 pairs (rare) everybody has 12 pairs each. Isn't that something?
This is also the part of the bible that starts the whole sexist thing. Even after all these years there are still cultures that oppress women because of Genesis 1.23. It's so sad that so many can be misguided by so few words from such an ancient pile of hot, steaming bullshit. But that's another subject for another time.
24 That's why a man will leave his own father and mother. He marries woman, and the two of them become like one person.
25 Although the man and his wife were both naked, they were not ashamed.
This is the last part of Genesis 2 and it is not making much sense to me. "That's why a man will leave his own father and mother"? I'm thinking that may not be the only reason, perhaps leaving your parents only when you are married was a thing back then... click, my critical thinking mind has turned itself on and I'm going to look that one up... nek minit... it seems that is precisely what it means - wrong or right, it seems man was to stay with his parents until marriage which is a tradition that remains in some cultures even today!
But the nakedness and no shame... it's like Genesis 2.24 is saying, "Well, I think you know what is going to happen, we all do. But for this moment, right now, they are without shame even thought they are naked." All this is said with tongue in cheek as we have already established that Genesis is, well, shite.
I write this blog because it is a passion of mine to explore the myth of god and along the way even I learn some cool stuff but it takes a lot of time and energy to write this blog. If you enjoy reading this blog please make a donation by clicking the DONATE button on the right so I can put more time into creating a better blog.
Thank you all
Justin
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