There is a rather significant protion of Western culture that now believes that the Genesis story of creation is just a myth like any other creation story from other ancient cultures. In fact, may think that the Genesis story was taken in large part from the Balylonian and Egyptian creation stories. This week are are going to look at the general classifications of creation myths and then dive rather deep into a discussion of what makes the Genesis story unique.
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Session 006 Prolog Podcast
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Scripture Audio:
Presented as dramatizations from The Bible Gateway.
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The Creation Myth
We’ll start this weeks resources with an article from Britannica. Iin this article we’ll see one of the current aspects for grouping the worlds creation myths together. This should provide a solid foundation in how most secularists view creationist stories in general.
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Is Genesis Just One of the Many Creation Myths?
Our fist podcast is a very short episode of “The Point” by Breakpoint. It breaches the question, “Is Genesis Just One of the Many Creation Myths?”
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The Genesis Creation story compared to those from Egypt and Babylon.
We’ll listed to two Sunday School classes taught by William Lane Craig. These two Youtube vdeos get rather deep and collegeate, but they are very good at dubunking the idea that the Genesis creation story came from ither Egypt or Babylon.
Examining the Supposed Parallels Between Genesis and Egyptian Myths.
Did Genesis Borrow from Babylonian Myths?
Here are some things to think about when studying these resources.
- Do you think that the Bible took stories for other cultures? Or did other cultures take from the Bible?
- Why do you think there are so many similarities in creation stories that are totally disconnected from each other?
- Does this issue even matter to you? Why yes or no?