Genesis Chapters One - Four

             The Book of Genesis is the first book in the Bible with the story of creation. God creates the world by speaking into the darkness and forming it into being light, earth, vegetation, and living creatures over the course of six days. After each day passes God states that his works are good. On the sixth day, God creates human in his "own image," and gives human the power to rule over the earth and conquer it. He creates a man out of dust and creates a woman out of the man's rib. God places the two, Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden, telling them to procreate and to enjoy his works. The one restriction God gives Adam and Eve is to not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve eat from the tree and God was displeased, and both Adam and Eve bore three children, Cain, Abel, and Seth. Cain would eventually kill his brother Abel due to jealousy. I intend to prove the first four chapters of genesis to be inaccurate and also that the God talked about in Genesis is a false God.
             Genesis chapters 1-4 are written by Moses, and tell of the creation of the world to the murder of Abel. The story portrayed by Moses in regards to the creation is believed by all forms of Christianity. Moses says; "And God created the human in his image, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them" (Lewis, 118). If God created the human in His image, and God is said to be all knowing and perfect, then why aren't not perfect as God is. There is no explanation, nor is there any factual evidence, why or how humans were made in Gods image if God is said to be perfect.
             The second chapter of Genesis explains the creation of humans and how they would have power and domination over the earth. God commanded the human, saying "From every fruit of the garden you may surely eat. But from the tree of knowledge, good and evil, you shall not eat, for on the day you eat from it, you are doomed to die...

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