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What are a couple of the?
contradictions in the bible that people are always claiming are in there? I have never seen one. Even just one example would suffice.
Except that Gen 2 (Yahwist) is not written to delineate the order of creation. Thanks for the link to the website though, it seems to be pretty exhaustive. I only got through a few of the examples so far.
Well of course, the way a question is worded can have a huge impact on its meaning or the way it is understood.
no. Incest did not become a sin until 1500 BC, when Moses received the law. And that was only because of the negative genetic effects that would happen at that point.
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- MonLv 41 decade ago
Two different orders of creation:
Here is the order in the first (Genesis 1), the Priestly tradition:
Day 1: Sky, Earth, light
Day 2: Water, both in ocean basins and above the sky(!)
Day 3: Plants
Day 4: Sun, Moon, stars (as calendrical and navigational aids)
Day 5: Sea monsters (whales), fish, birds, land animals, creepy-crawlies (reptiles, insects, etc.)
Day 6: Humans (apparently both sexes at the same time)
Day 7: Nothing (the Gods took the first day off anyone ever did)
Note that there are "days," "evenings," and "mornings" before the Sun was created. Here, the Deity is referred to as "Elohim," which is a plural, thus the literal translation, "the Gods." In this tale, the Gods seem satisfied with what they have done, saying after each step that "it was good."
The second one (Genesis 2), the Yahwist tradition, goes:
Earth and heavens (misty)
Adam, the first man (on a desolate Earth)
Plants
Animals
Eve, the first woman (from Adam's rib)
- Anonymous1 decade ago
How about Adam and Eve populating the planet for one? Incest is supposed to be a sin, isn't it?