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How Are Genesis 1-11 Stories True

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Unit 8 Short Answers [LT 2.1] According to the Catholic Church, how are the Genesis 1-11 stories true? The Catholic Church interprets the stories in Genesis 1-11 as conveying theological truths rather than historical and scientific truths. Let there be light, and there is light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness." While this verse is not believed from a historical or scientific perspective, it illustrates an important theological truth, the belief in one, all-powerful God who created the universe. "Out of the ground the Lord made grow every tree that was delightful to look at and good for food." This verse reveals the resourcefulness and beauty of God's creation, reflecting a religious truth about God's generosity and care for human nature, although it is not a scientific truth that trees were made out of the ground. …show more content…

God kept his covenant with Adam because the Fall leads to Adam's death. “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.” Before the Fall Adam and Eve were innocent and immortality was not introduced to them, it is only after the fall God punishes Adam by stating this and multiple other punishments. God's statement reveals that God created Adam from dust and he will eventually return to it. “He expelled the man, stationing the cherubim and the fiery revolving sword east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life.” The Tree of Life gives immortality to anyone who eats from it, God banishing Adam, separates him from attaining immortality leading to his

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