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Is sacrifice an inherent human desire?
In chapter 4 of the Book of Genesis, Cain is written to have killed his brother Abel out of jealousy over the difference in their offerings to God. Cain was bestowed the role of a tiller of the ground,...
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Why does Genesis not mention the creation of fire?
Scientists say that fire, in the form as we have it on planet earth is hardly seen in any other part of the universe. One of the earliest references to fire in OT is Gen 22:6 :...
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Does Genesis contradicts the Big Bang theory about the time? [duplicate]
Although the Big Bang theory may be (like all scientific theories) subject to revision and improvement as new data becomes available, it is a robust scientific theory that is supported by a vast array ...
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Did The Creator intend at first for Adam and Eve to have children?
We know that Adam and Eve had Cain and Abel and their 600 (I forgot the exact number) after Heaven was taken from them for consuming the fruit. But if hypothetically, if they hadn't sinned, would they ...
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Does the creative "spoken word" of Jesus (e.g. Luke 18:42) demand a Young Earth Fiat Creation interpretation of Gen. 1:1?
Since Jesus could create living organs (eyes, legs, whole bodied such as that of Lazarus, etc.) and even bring food into existence, in a split moment of time, do these feats demand accepting the short ...
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Who are the "us" in Gen.1.26; And God said let us make man in our image and likeness.....? [closed]
Is this the Trinity, and if it is how do we know? I have read that the Jewish interpretation is that God is talking to angels, or Michel Heiser says it's the divine counsel. Is there any way to figure ...
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Besides Augustine and Origen, did any church fathers reject a literal interpretation of Genesis 1-2:4?
Augustine allegorically interpreted the first creation account in Genesis 1 - 2:4 but seems to have literally interpreted the second creation account in Genesis 2:5-3:24. Origen allegorically ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the idea of 'creation ex nihilo'?
Dr. Dan McClellan in a recent video says
"[T]he doctrine of creation ex nihilo is not found anywhere in the
Bible. The academic consensus is that it is a creation of 2nd century
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According to Genesis, did all land animals come before humans, or were some created after?
According to Genesis 1:25,
God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds
on the 6th day. It then says at Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let Us make man
According to Young Earth ...
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How do holders of a literal interpretation of Genesis 1 interpret the word "rule" in verse 16 in light of its apparent contradiction to observation?
Genesis 1:16, King James Version, reads:
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
I am specifically asking ...
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When interpreting the Genesis Creation LITERALLY, does there EXIST a better cosmological explanation then a geocentric earth?
The Genesis account of creation tells of YHWH creating the earth and heavens on the first day. Then 3 days later He created the luminaries.
From a literal interpretation, is there an alternative ...
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Was Adam really "alone" if God took 'Woman out of Man'? Is a woman alone if out of her womb 'a new one' comes? [closed]
Texts (from the Complete Jewish Bible translation):
Genesis 2:18 (CJB):
ADONAI, God, said, “It isn’t good that the person should be alone. I will make for him a companion suitable for helping him.”
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How does LDS creation doctrine explain so many different words for the creation process in Isaiah 45:18?
This comment below from an answer to this question
The very, very short answer is YES, all spirit/intelligence (and matter) is self-existent, and the act of creation is forming them, not creating ...
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Were angels with God in the beginning?
The Book of Job indicates that angels were with God in the beginning, when the heavens and the earth were created
Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you
understand. Who ...
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If the account of creation in Genesis 1 can be shown to strongly correlate with science, would that prove the divine inspiration of the Bible?
This question is made from the perspective of Old Earth Creationism (OEC), especially that espoused by Hugh Ross at reasons.org. I have also created a website at big.bible to explore these questions ...
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What is an overview of the main arguments that angels do or do not already exist at Genesis 1:1?
Genesis 1:1 is
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
But there's no mention of God creating angels. What are the main arguments that angels were or were not already ...
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How long did Adam stay in Eden?
Are there hints in the Bible or are there any hypotheses about the period of time Adam and Eve sojourned in Eden after their creation?
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How do proponents of the “Framework hypothesis” hold to their view when God used the word “Yom” instead of “Olam” in Genesis 1? [closed]
Knowing that the Hebrew word generally used for day is yom, and the word for eternal/ or Age (Olam) isn’t used, how do the proponents of the framework hypothesis hold their view?
Is God too slow for 6 ...
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What is Ken Ham's opinion of denominations that allow for evolution and an old universe?
Background:
I remember watching most of the Ken Ham vs Bill Nye debate back around 2013-2015. I found the whole thing pointless. My thought was like 'If the guy says (my interpretation of the) Bible ...
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What are the implications of Gen 1:26 which speaks of God having already thought of the name “humankind” before He created man?
We hear God the Creator saying in Gen 1:26( NRSVCE)
Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness;....
Interestingly, all other things God created would be named only after they had ...
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According to Young Earth Creationism, how did carnivores come into existence?
According to Young Earth Creationism, were all animals vegetarian/vegan before the fall? If so, how did carnivores come into existence? Did carnivores evolve from vegetarian ancestors? Were carnivores ...
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In what form did water exist before the creation of light? [duplicate]
We read in Genesis how God created heavens, earth and light :
"In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the ...
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Why does Genesis not specifically mention the creation of water?
We read of the first day of Creation in Gen 1:1-4:
"In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a ...
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Is Pre-Adamism considered heretical by any mainstream denominations?
I came across an article on the existence of Pre-Adamite beings. The article refutes their existence but claims it is a belief held by "many evangelicals". As far as I can find, no major ...
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Which day of Creation Week were the stars created?
This question is directed to those who believe the entire universe was created just 6000 years ago (approx) during "creation week" of Gen 1.
Question: On which day was the universe (all ...
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Was Eden different from the rest of the world? [closed]
Gen 2:8
The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
This could sound like Eden was a special place, planted after Adam's creation, and different ...
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The Jehovah’s Witnesses state that Jesus was God's first creation? How do they reconcile that with Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:15-18?
They state in this Watchtower
Since all created things had a beginning, there was a time when God was alone. Countless ages ago, however, God became a Creator. Who was his first creation? The last ...
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How can you have a morning and evening without a sun? [duplicate]
Genesis 1. It seems to me that those who hold to the day being 24 hours insist on a literal interpretation. I believe in a literal one also. However, I do have questions about in which away to be ...
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How do YECs interpret waters above the expanse in Genesis 1?
According to Protestant Young Earth Creationists what are the waters above the expanse in Genesis 1?
Day four says the expanse contains the stars sun and moon so I do not think it can be the ...
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The water and light in Genesis 1:1-3
The Nicene Creed says that Jesus was "begotten before the ages" (begotten not made).
Col 1:15 calls Jesus the ""Firstborn of all creation,"
Proverbs 8:22 says that, referring to wisdom, it was ...
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The Genesis gap and Re-creation
I have stumbled on this essay (The Genesis Gap) on the site ichthys from which I am quoting a passage:
....5. The Timing of the Satanic Rebellion: Finally, it should be
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Prior to the scientific consensus regarding the age of mankind, were there any theologians who argued that the date of Adam's creation was unknowable?
Prior to modern scientific consensus regarding the age of mankind, were there any theologians who argued that the chronology in Genesis 1-11 could not be used to calculate the date of Adam's creation?
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According to Catholicism, why was Adam alone given the charge of naming the animals and birds?
Genesis 2:18–20 (NRSVCE) says:
"Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” So out of the ground the Lord God formed every ...
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How is the earth soon after God turn the light on according to the literalist / YEC?
Genesis 1:2 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
Is the other half of earth dark?
My understanding is that when the light was created, then (logically) the other half of the ...
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What does the term ' a wind from God' as used at Genesis 1:2 (NRSVCE) imply?
Genesis 1:2 (NRSVCE) reads :
the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
The same verse in New King James ...
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Is there any Denomination which think that the "serpent" at the beginning of his existence in Eden is not a bad being?
This question raised after my other question here
Genesis 3:15
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your
offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you ...
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If God created the sun and the moon on the fourth day what had been lighting the earth for three days? [duplicate]
Genesis 1:3-5 ERV
Then God said, “Let there be light!” And light began to shine. He saw the light, and he knew that it was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. God named the ...
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To the YEC, did God make a single male/female pair of each kind of animal?
Genesis 1:21-22
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing
with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to
their kinds, and every winged bird ...
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What is the difference between the two creations of humans, according to those who believe they are in chronological order?
In Genesis 1:27, it says:
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
In Genesis 2:7, it says:
And the LORD God formed man of the ...
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Were humans created before the animals? (Catholic perspective)
In Genesis 2:18-19, it is mentioned that God created man first and then the animals so the man can't be alone and he can name them.
The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I ...
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Where does the word 'Eloheim' originate from?
Elohim being referred to as the Father whom is a God
When one speaks of God, it is generally the Father who is referred to; that is, Elohim. - God (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)....
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What is the basis for saying that B. B. Warfield believed in theistic evolution?
B. B. Warfield is commonly cited as a leading conservative Reformed theologian during the period leading up to the Fundamentalist/Modernist controversy of the early 20th century. One of the issues of ...
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According to Catholicism, were animals created in the image of anything?
Humans are made in the image of God, but what about the animals?
What are the animals in the image of?
Is there any Roman Catholic doctrine on such a question?
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What is the name of the view that the Earth is 4 billion years old, but God inserted human beings 5000 years ago?
In the book God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God author John C. Lennox puts forward an unorthodox 'third view' of Christian origins.
He suggests that perhaps the Earth is 4 Billion years old, ...
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Who is Augustine arguing against in his Confessions, book 12?
In Augustine's Confessions, book XII, chapters xvi–xvii (23–24), he writes about his disagreements with others over the proper interpretation of the Creation account in Genesis 1. Augustine holds that ...
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According to Ravi Zacharias's apologetic argument, how could love have existed prior to the fall?
Ravi Zacharias explained in a Q&A (14:50) that for true love to exist between God and man, the current creation is the only possible way for it to exist. He gave four possible examples of creation,...
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What do day-age theorists do with "very good" in Genesis 1:31?
I would like to know what day-age theorists do with what God says at the end of creation - that everything was "very good" (Genesis 1:31)? That is to say, if you look at the fossil record, you see ...
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Is there any basis in Catholic theology or in the writings of major Catholic theologians for the belief that snakes used to have legs?
Catholicism has pretty much stated that the Genesis creation account is allegorical. The serpent talking to Eve was not an actual event, but a story.
Yet I see and hear often from Christians the ...
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Why was the first man called Adam?
I have started reading the Bible and I have found that in Genesis 2.19 the first man is already called Adam without any previous reference to this name.
But when it comes to Eve there is a clear ...
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What is the role of the Three Persons of the Godhead in creation?
Genesis 1:26, New International Version (NIV) reads:
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, ...