Mark Benson

The Genesis account of the creation of man decoded

March 18, 2010 |  19 comments
Image Credit: There are only three questions that are truly relevant to the existence of mankind. Who are we? Where did we come from? Why are we here? In my opinion, it is the lack of knowledge in these three areas that are the root cause of 99% of the problems we "humans" have in our lives.

Have we forgotten? Or did we really ever know?

In Christian theology we are told in Genesis 1:26 that God said let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness to have dominion over the earth and all its wonders. The plurality argument of this verse has been debated forever. Was God talking to the upper echelon of heaven, the angels? Or were there many "gods" as opposed to just one?

In the older Sumerian accounts, most notably The Seven Tablets of Creation (Enuma Elish) mankind is described as being made as somewhat of a slave to serve the gods rather than a caretaker of the world as the Hebrew account suggests. Two completely different fates. What would constitute such a discrepancy? The recording of historical inaccuracies, or the suppression of one theory over the other? And what would be the point of that suppression? Would we be less enamored of ourselves as a species if we believed we were slaves as opposed to heirs of a world? Of course we would. My, what an interesting control factor that brings to the story! And more importantly, control from whom?

In Genesis 2:21-25, there is a much more detailed account of the creation of man and woman than was mentioned in the previous chapter. Here we have the Lord God practically performing surgery on Adam to harvest body parts/organs to create another being, Eve! With no disrespect to anybody or their religion, if this isn't somewhat "Frankenstein" in origin, I don't know what else could be! Think about it. There are no verses saying woman was "willed" into existence by some omnipotent, magical source. It is a blow by blow account of medical procedure as far as I can tell. "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep (anaesthetized) to fall upon Adam, and he took one of his ribs (surgery) and closed up the flesh thereof (stitches)" Gen. 2:21.

Hold on. It gets even better.

After the Fall of Man story in Gen. 3, the Lord God being very wroth with Eve, does another peculiar thing. He MANIPULATES Eve's physiology to cause greater pain and suffering during childbirth AND her emotional state of mind to be more subservient to Adam! This is one pissed off god! Are we not taught that our's is a compassionate God? Are we not taught forgiveness and forebearance? Where are those examples here? But wait! That's not all! In Gen. 3:21-24 during what seems to be a moment of contradictory emotions by the Lord God, he provides them with clothes and THEN boots them out of Paradise! Apparently, the Lord God is jealous of mankind's aspirations to be as perfect as he is! Excuse me, but aren't we also taught to strive for perfection? To be god-like? But at the same time, acknowledging our own human limitations?

One more point.

According to Gen. 6, after a few generations go by, the Lord God regrets that he has created mankind and decides to destroy him for all the wickedness in the world. But having found favor with Noah, saves him and his family from The Flood. After the event, Noah builds an altar on which he places an offering of clean beasts and fowl for food. Well it must have been one hell of an offering, because the Lord God SMELLS this and decides NEVER TO DESTROY MANKIND AGAIN BY FLOOD! Do you mean to tell me that the unmitigated wrath of a god can be appeased by a properly prepared barbecue? Way too much physicality involved for this story's attempt to depict the Lord God as anything but non-physical. Let alone the fact that Gen. 6 also describes the "sons of God looked down upon the daughters of men and saw that they were fair, and they took from them wives of all that they chose." These were PHYSICAL beings! Or at least they were capable of becoming physical. HOW ELSE COULD THEY HAVE CHILDREN?!! Artificial insemination? I can see how that could be since that would be another MEDICAL PROCEDURE!

In conclusion, I would like to remind everybody that modern day interpretations of ancient time events, are often flawed. Truth is often altered or covered for political reasons. It is up to the individual to find it. As it has always been.[!gad]There are only three questions that are truly relevant to the existence of mankind. Who are we? Where did we come from? Why are we here? In my opinion, it is the lack of knowledge in these three areas that are the root cause of 99% of the problems we "humans" have in our lives.

Have we forgotten? Or did we really ever know?

In Christian theology we are told in Genesis 1:26 that God said let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness to have dominion over the earth and all its wonders. The plurality argument of this verse has been debated forever. Was God talking to the upper echelon of heaven, the angels? Or were there many "gods" as opposed to just one?

In the older Sumerian accounts, most notably The Seven Tablets of Creation (Enuma Elish) mankind is described as being made as somewhat of a slave to serve the gods rather than a caretaker of the world as the Hebrew account suggests. Two completely different fates. What would constitute such a discrepancy? The recording of historical inaccuracies, or the suppression of one theory over the other? And what would be the point of that suppression? Would we be less enamored of ourselves as a species if we believed we were slaves as opposed to heirs of a world? Of course we would. My, what an interesting control factor that brings to the story! And more importantly, control from whom?

In Genesis 2:21-25, there is a much more detailed account of the creation of man and woman than was mentioned in the previous chapter. Here we have the Lord God practically performing surgery on Adam to harvest body parts/organs to create another being, Eve! With no disrespect to anybody or their religion, if this isn't somewhat "Frankenstein" in origin, I don't know what else could be! Think about it. There are no verses saying woman was "willed" into existence by some omnipotent, magical source. It is a blow by blow account of medical procedure as far as I can tell. "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep (anaesthetized) to fall upon Adam, and he took one of his ribs (surgery) and closed up the flesh thereof (stitches)" Gen. 2:21.

Hold on. It gets even better.

After the Fall of Man story in Gen. 3, the Lord God being very wroth with Eve, does another peculiar thing. He MANIPULATES Eve's physiology to cause greater pain and suffering during childbirth AND her emotional state of mind to be more subservient to Adam! This is one pissed off god! Are we not taught that our's is a compassionate God? Are we not taught forgiveness and forebearance? Where are those examples here? But wait! That's not all! In Gen. 3:21-24 during what seems to be a moment of contradictory emotions by the Lord God, he provides them with clothes and THEN boots them out of Paradise! Apparently, the Lord God is jealous of mankind's aspirations to be as perfect as he is! Excuse me, but aren't we also taught to strive for perfection? To be god-like? But at the same time, acknowledging our own human limitations?

One more point.

According to Gen. 6, after a few generations go by, the Lord God regrets that he has created mankind and decides to destroy him for all the wickedness in the world. But having found favor with Noah, saves him and his family from The Flood. After the event, Noah builds an altar on which he places an offering of clean beasts and fowl for food. Well it must have been one hell of an offering, because the Lord God SMELLS this and decides NEVER TO DESTROY MANKIND AGAIN BY FLOOD! Do you mean to tell me that the unmitigated wrath of a god can be appeased by a properly prepared barbecue? Way too much physicality involved for this story's attempt to depict the Lord God as anything but non-physical. Let alone the fact that Gen. 6 also describes the "sons of God looked down upon the daughters of men and saw that they were fair, and they took from them wives of all that they chose." These were PHYSICAL beings! Or at least they were capable of becoming physical. HOW ELSE COULD THEY HAVE CHILDREN?!! Artificial insemination? I can see how that could be since that would be another MEDICAL PROCEDURE!

In conclusion, I would like to remind everybody that modern day interpretations of ancient time events, are often flawed. Truth is often altered or covered for political reasons. It is up to the individual to find it. As it has always been. Comments (19)

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