Origins - Genesis

Question 1

Genesis 1- Day 1

Answer 1

God decides he wants to make a world and says “let there be light” and there is light and God separates it into day and night.

Question 2

Genesis 1- Day 2

Answer 2

God separates the waters above and the waters below

Question 3

Genesis 1- Day 3

Answer 3

God organises the world in to sea and land and creates the plants

Question 4

Genesis 1- Day 4

Answer 4

A great light, presumably the sun, and a lesser a light, presumably the moon, are created, as are stars

Question 5

Genesis 1- Day 5

Answer 5

The sea is filled with fish and the sky with birds

Question 6

Genesis 1- Day 6

Answer 6

Land animals and humans are created

Question 7

Genesis 1- Day 7

Answer 7

God is happy with his creation and rests

Question 8

Imago dei

Answer 8

“in the image of god”, mankind is unique as they are created in gods image

Question 9

God creates “by fiat”

Answer 9

By command

Question 10

Got creates “ex nihilo”

Answer 10

From nothing

Question 11

In what way does Genesis one and 2 differ?

Answer 11

• In gen 1, mankind is created last, simultaneously (man + woman together) ex nihilo and by fiat.

-In gen 2, man is created and the world is created to fit his needs - created from something (dust/mud) + life breathed into him

-woman is created later in gen 2 as a suitable companion

Gardens
No garden in gen 1, one garden in gen 2

Question 12

How do the genres differ between genesis 1 and 2?

Answer 12

Gen 1 is written in poetry
Gen 2 is written in prose

Question 13

Young Earth creationists believe . . .

Answer 13

That the Bible (particularly genesis 1+2) actually happened as it claims. This is because God’s word is Infallible, meaning it cannot be wrong.

Question 14

Examples of the bible being taken literally

Answer 14

1) The world was created in 6 days lasting 24 hours.
2) Man was made from mud.
3) The garden of Eden was a literal place.

Question 15

Theistic Evolutionists believe that . . .

Answer 15

The bible should be interpreted metaphorically. This is he idea that Genesis 1 + 2 are a complex metaphor for God’s relationship to man, to his creation and for man’s relationship to the creation.

Question 16

Examples of the bible being taken metaphorically

Answer 16

1) The days are representations of the time and pleasure God took in creating.
2) The creation of man from mud symbolises his closeness to the Earth
3) The garden of Eden is a ‘symbolic place’ where life was perfect. This was God’s original intention for us.

Question 17

Ken Ham quote “No apparent . . .”

Answer 17

“No apparent, perceived, or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the Scriptural record.”

Question 18

Key Ham believes . . .

Answer 18

• That the days were 24 hours long. Like days are today. He thinks this is because it was God setting up time as we know it from the beginning. It would undermine the fourth commandment - to keep the sabbath holy - because if days are figurative then God did not rest on the seventh day.
• Ham argues that you cannot have millions of years of death and suffering before the fall because it was the first humans who brought this into the world.
• He believes Genesis 1-11 must be taken literally, otherwise the rest of the Bible can be doubted, including the resurrection of Jesus.
• It was read as literal for many centuries.

Question 19

When did Bishop Ussher conclude the Earth began?

Answer 19

Ultimately Ussher concluded that the Earth began on 23/10/4004 BCE at 6pm.

Question 20

How did Ussher conclude the supposed date of the earth’s creation?

Answer 20

In the 17th century Bishop Ussher worked backwards using the genealogies the Bible and a set of known dates.

Question 21

Ham claims that scientific evidence supports a young earth, for example

Answer 21

1) Galaxies wind themselves up too fast
2) Too few supernova remnants
3) Comets disintegrate too quickly
4) Not enough mud on the sea floor
5) Not enough sodium in the sea
6) The earth’s magnetic field is decaying too fast.
7) Many strata are too tightly bent