unlocked the potential of the human brain, allowing the species to develop culture and society. This “Great Leap Forward” (Diamond 54) reflects the experiences of Adam and Eve within the Garden of Eden. Upon consuming the forbidden fruit the pair realized their primitiveness “and the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked” (Genesis. 3. 7) and immediately had a greater understanding of the world. Furthermore, the descendants of Adam and Eve master trades and crafts within only a few generations. The quick mastery of these skills, “father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was father of all such as handle the harp and organ. And Zillah, she also bare Tubal- …show more content…
Like evolutionary theory, Genesis promotes that the will to destroy other humans is engrained within humanity. God created humans to be “in our image, after our likeness” (Genesis. 1. 26) showing that some qualities of God also are present within the humans. The fact that humans have grown to use genocide as a tool has origins with God. Using the flood as a cleansing device, “all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man” (Genesis.7.21) God commits the first genocide. By extension, God being able to perpetrate genocide signifies that human are able to commit genocide because they were created “in our image” (Genesis. 1. 26). In essence, the method in which human’s become genocidal remains the same in both evolution and creation; the creator plants genocide within human function. Another aspect of the genocidal intent within Genesis stems from God’s justification for genocide. Similarly to how many imperialists justified genocide by turning the blame onto the victims, God commits this grand slaughter because, “the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that