To respond to Kayden and Braden’s ideas the first thing I would point out is that they continue to state that the biblical account of creation is unique. I would have to disagree because the pattern of creation (victory, rest, temple/cult, and kingship) that the Bible follows is followed by most ancient near eastern creation myths. This is not a unique aspect to the bible’s myth. For example, Enuma Elish is an ancient near eastern creation myth that begins with life from water and features the victory of Marduk over Tiamat and Marduk’s rise to kingship. Marduk then creates humanity. This series of events is also represented in the biblical creation myth in Genesis through God’s victory over the elements and his ability to gain kingship and create humanity in his image.
Next, Braden said that the biblical creation myth does not feature any violence, which is false. In the Jawhist source of genesis, God uses curses of violence and plagues because the humans he created, Adam and Eve, do not follow his orders. The God says to the woman for eating off of a tree, “I will greatly increase you pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children.” God also curses the
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Throughout Genesis, God makes sure he is known as the one and only god and that he is above his followers. He makes it known that there are in fact other gods because he says in genesis 1:26, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness.” However, later he says it says, “God created humankind in his in his image,” which leads to the conclusion that humans resemble other gods but they resemble the Christian the most. This puts God at the top of the hierarchy over the other gods. The bible also expresses that God is the ruler over his creations because he is the creator. He is the only physical creator of humankind and advises them to follow his and only his