Genesis One

Question 1

The Six Days

Answer 1

-1 Light and Dark
-2 Sea and Sky
-3 Plants and land
-4 Sun and Moon
-5 Birds and Fish
-6 Animals and Humans

Question 2

Liberal Christian Viewpoint

Answer 2

-The creation story is entirely symbolic
-they believe the days aren’t literal 24 hour days they could refer to long periods of time

Question 3

Literalist Christian Viewpoint

Answer 3

The creation story is literal and tool place over six 24 hour days

Question 4

Scientific Viewpoint

Answer 4

It doesn’t make sense to compare something as old as the bible to something as new as modern science

Question 5

Where did the bible come from?

Answer 5

Oral tradition
-God could’ve told people the creation story and it was passed down through word of mouth then written in the bible

Devine Revelation
-Story comes directly from God through human writers

Question 6

Strengths/Weaknesses of the Literalist Veiwpoint

Answer 6

Strengths
-requires faith alone
-bible can be accepted as an authoritative source

Weaknesses
-doesn’t take science into account
-too simplistic and a rejection of our God given intelligence
-we’d have to accept wierd teachings

Question 7

Strengths/Weaknesses of the Liberalist Viewpoint

Answer 7

Strengths
-correct use of god given intelligence
-means you are partially accepting science

Weaknesses
-you pick and chose what’s symbolic or not
-danger of losing your faith
-if you start to doubt the bible you may be swayed by science