{"id":3717,"date":"2016-08-02T18:22:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T23:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/teachingnonviolentatonement\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2016-09-08T11:50:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T16:50:25","slug":"video-the-bible-explained-part-1-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/teachingnonviolentatonement\/2016\/08\/video-the-bible-explained-part-1-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIDEO] The Bible Explained: Part 1: Creation is no Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The creation account in Genesis is often pitted as a debate between faith and science. But the biblical account of creation isn\u2019t about a literal seven days of creation. It\u2019s about the meaning behind creation.<\/p>\n
There were many different creation stories in the ancient world. One story was told by the ancient Babylonians. They claimed the world was made from a war among the gods. Marduk, a young god, went to war with his mother, the goddess Tiamat. After a long battle, Marduk and his friends killed Tiamat and her general, Kingu. Marduk took Tiamat\u2019s \u201cevil\u201d body and split it in half, making the earth and the sky. Then he took the blood of Tiamat\u2019s general, along with some clay from the ground, and formed humans.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>The Babylonian creation account not only says that the world was created from violence and war, but that the world is an inherently evil place.<\/p>\n<p>Contrast that ancient story with the Genesis creation account. In Genesis, God simply speaks creation into existence. No war. No violence. And as opposed to the world being evil, the story repeats the phrase after each day, \u201cAnd it was good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s actually quite easy to believe the meaning behind the Babylonian story. Violence seems to be everywhere in our world. Terrorism at Orlando\u2019s Pulse nightclub and in Nice, France. Shootings on the streets of Chicago and the continued \u201cWar on Terror.\u201d The Babylonians story that claims the world is a violent and evil place makes a lot of sense.<\/p>\n<p>But the ancient Jewish creation story enters into our despair to transform it. The writers Genesis 1 knew violence. They knew evil. They knew despair. Their people were conquered, murdered, and enslaved by the Assyrians and then the Babylonians. And yet, they told a story of hope, where creation is fundamentally good.<\/p>\n<p>The point wasn\u2019t about naively turning a blind eye to violence. Rather, the point was to protest. The creation story is a protest that says the world isn\u2019t supposed to be full of violence. Humans aren\u2019t supposed to act this way. The world is good, indeed, very good, and human beings are created in the divine image.<\/p>\n<p>How would the world be different if we finally understood the truth of Genesis 1? That truth is this: the world is fundamentally good and that the closest we will get to God is to see God\u2019s image reflected in the face of our fellow human beings.<\/p>\n<p><i>Image Copyright: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.123rf.com\/profile_pakhay\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pakhay \/ 123RF Stock Photo<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>For more in this series:<\/em><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/teachingnonviolentatonement\/2016\/08\/video-the-bible-explained-part-1-creation\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Part 1: Creation is No Myth<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/teachingnonviolentatonement\/2016\/08\/the-bible-explained-part-2-how-the-bible-high-jacked-the-image-of-god\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2: How the Bible Hijacked the \u201cImage of God\u201d<br>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/teachingnonviolentatonement\/2016\/08\/the-bible-is-progressive-the-bible-explained-part-3\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Part 3: The Bible is Progressive<br>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/teachingnonviolentatonement\/2016\/08\/the-apocalypse-revealed-the-bible-explained-part-4\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Part 4: The Apocalypse Revealed<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/teachingnonviolentatonement\/2016\/08\/the-key-to-biblical-violence-the-bible-explained-part-5\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Part 5: The Key to Biblical Violence<br>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/teachingnonviolentatonement\/2016\/09\/adam-eve-and-the-mimetics-of-being-human-the-bible-explained-part-6\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Part 6: Adam, Eve, and the Mimetics of Being Human<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The creation account in Genesis is often pitted as a debate between faith and science. 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