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I just started reading the Bible last night, and read the first five chapters of Genesis. I must say, none of this seems to be true in the slightest. Seems like ancient mythology. Here is what I could gather from my reading:
When God was creating the world, he said "Let us create..." and "We."I think it was the 6th day, but not sure. It seems like he is referring to multiple Gods, but I thought there was supposed to be just Him. Weird!
God placed the tree of good and evil in the middle of the garden of Eden and told Eve not to eat fruit from it. Soon after, Eve ate from the tree. Because God is supposed to be omniscient, wouldn't He have known that she would have eaten from the tree? In other words, Eve was damned if she did or didn't eat from the tree.
As soon as Adam and Eve realized they were naked, they made loin clothes out of fig tree leaves (or something). Then, shortly after, God gave them loin clothes. Weird!
Adam lived to be over 900 years old. And all of his descendants lived anywhere from 700 to 1000 years old. I did some calculations, and if you do the math, it means that Adam was still alive when Noah was alive! This means that Adam was a great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather! Does any Christian actually believe that men could live for almost 1,000 years in the B.C. era, with no healthcare and inadequate shelter from natural disaster?!
I will certainly continue reading the Bible, but I must say, so far, the Book of Genesis seems like pure mythology at its finest. If that's the case, then why bother believing in the rest of the Bible? For that matter, why not believe in Aesop's Fables or Grim's Fairytales?
Adam died 126 years before Noah's birth, 626 before Shem's birth, 726 before the flood...and Noah died when Abraham was 58 years of age...
I just started reading the Bible last night, and read the first five chapters of Genesis. I must say, none of this seems to be true in the slightest. Seems like ancient mythology. Here is what I could gather from my reading:
When God was creating the world, he said "Let us create..." and "We."I think it was the 6th day, but not sure. It seems like he is referring to multiple Gods, but I thought there was supposed to be just Him. Weird!
God placed the tree of good and evil in the middle of the garden of Eden and told Eve not to eat fruit from it. Soon after, Eve ate from the tree. Because God is supposed to be omniscient, wouldn't He have known that she would have eaten from the tree? In other words, Eve was damned if she did or didn't eat from the tree.
As soon as Adam and Eve realized they were naked, they made loin clothes out of fig tree leaves (or something). Then, shortly after, God gave them loin clothes. Weird!
Adam lived to be over 900 years old. And all of his descendants lived anywhere from 700 to 1000 years old. I did some calculations, and if you do the math, it means that Adam was still alive when Noah was alive! This means that Adam was a great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather! Does any Christian actually believe that men could live for almost 1,000 years in the B.C. era, with no healthcare and inadequate shelter from natural disaster?!
I will certainly continue reading the Bible, but I must say, so far, the Book of Genesis seems like pure mythology at its finest. If that's the case, then why bother believing in the rest of the Bible? For that matter, why not believe in Aesop's Fables or Grim's Fairytales?
Much of the Bible can be difficult on it's face.
Allow me to make two suggestions that might help you get a little more out of it:
1- Find youself a couple good Biblical Commentaries. Perhaps from different religious traditions, in order to see different perspectives on the text.
2- Pray. To open yourself to understanding.
I just started reading the Bible last night, and read the first five chapters of Genesis. I must say, none of this seems to be true in the slightest. Seems like ancient mythology. Here is what I could gather from my reading:
When God was creating the world, he said "Let us create..." and "We."I think it was the 6th day, but not sure. It seems like he is referring to multiple Gods, but I thought there was supposed to be just Him. Weird!
That is the first evidence of the Triune God. The Three Persons in the One God is seen in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. If you note that for the act of creation, God spoke in the plural but when performing the act of creation, God did so in the singular.
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God placed the tree of good and evil in the middle of the garden of Eden and told Eve not to eat fruit from it. Soon after, Eve ate from the tree. Because God is supposed to be omniscient, wouldn't He have known that she would have eaten from the tree? In other words, Eve was damned if she did or didn't eat from the tree.
Actually, in Genesis 2, God said that to Adam only. After God created Eve, it is surmised that Adam told Eve what God had said and thus the reason why the serpent was able to deceive Eve because she did not hear it directly from God Himself, thus making her doubt what was relayed to her through Adam.
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As soon as Adam and Eve realized they were naked, they made loin clothes out of fig tree leaves (or something). Then, shortly after, God gave them loin clothes. Weird!
True: Adam and Eve covered themselves with sewed together fig leaves, but God made better clothing for them as coats of skins.
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Adam lived to be over 900 years old. And all of his descendants lived anywhere from 700 to 1000 years old. I did some calculations, and if you do the math, it means that Adam was still alive when Noah was alive! This means that Adam was a great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather! Does any Christian actually believe that men could live for almost 1,000 years in the B.C. era, with no healthcare and inadequate shelter from natural disaster?!
Adam could not have been alive because it was recorded that he had died.
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I will certainly continue reading the Bible, but I must say, so far, the Book of Genesis seems like pure mythology at its finest. If that's the case, then why bother believing in the rest of the Bible? For that matter, why not believe in Aesop's Fables or Grim's Fairytales?
The tomb of Jesus Christ is empty. That's why.
Try this when reading the Bible next time: Ask God that if He is there, to help reveal His Son to you. It doesn't hurt to ask, right?
By your own admission you "just started reading the Bible". You've only "read" a few chapters of Genesis, and you've concluded that it's all a myth?
That's incredible!!!
There are Biblical scholars that spend their entire lives studying the Bible and researching it for answers. You've only read a few pages and concluded it's a myth. A lie.
Genesis is there for this simple reason, God knows that every race has a few quitters, those who really don't have the faith or the heart to make it to the finish line.
Consider that He's only clearing debris from the road that leads to understanding, so that those who have the necessary stamina and determination to run the full course,
aren't encumbered in any way, by those who have tripped, fallen or quit during the first leg of the journey.
Why not, if it is so easy to prove, prove it. And yes I do, it is another book full of myths and fairy tales.
I don't recall stating that my belief is easy in any sense of the word. In fact, if you had bothered to read my posts, you would see that I did state that people spend their lives reading, and studying, the Bible in order to have a clear understanding of what it means.
You're the one who stated it was a hoax. I would think that a hoax would be easier to prove.
So, go for it.
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