story of creation

• creation by genesis 1:

  • day 1 - light was created
  • day 2 - the sky that separates the waters below from the waters above
  • day 3 - dry land and vegetation
  • day 4 - stars, sun and moon
  • day 5 - water creatures and birds
  • day 6 - land animals and humans
  • day 7 - god rested
• creation by genesis :

  • adam and eve
  • eve came from adam's side
• interpretations of the creation stories:

  • young earth creationists - bible is literally true
  • old earth creationists - bible is true but the days were passages of time
  • theistic evolution - god worked through evolution
  • analogy - a story that tells us truths