universe creation and role of humans Flashcards
genesis stories
The beginning, “and god saw that it was good”
Adam and eve “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
THe fall “cursed are you above all livestock.”
John Dominic Crossan quote about Genesis
that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb to take them literally.
Young earth creationists view of earth
the bible is all true and therefore it must be taken literally
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth
old earth creationists
the bible is all true, but some parts of the bible are unclear or symbolic.
evolution is proof for all of this
however someone had to create heavens
Bultmann quote about genesis
myth does not want to be interpreted in cosmological terms but in anthropological terms or better, in existential terms.
Quotes from genesis
“And god saw that it was good.”
“God saw all that he made and he saw that it was good” 1-31
Imago dei
a latin phrase meaning image of god and it refers to the relationship between humanity and god.
what is stewardship and dominion
stewarship: belief that humans have a responsibility to look after the world
Dominion: beliefs that humans are in charge
imago dei quote in genesis
“so god created mankind in his own image.”
genesis quote on women
“no suitable helper was found”
criticisms of dominion
no meat was eaten before the fall
adam and eve are caretakers before the fall
not loving thing to do
imago dei quote about genesis
dominion
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them;
so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,
genesis quote on free will
“and the lord God commanded the man”
genesis quote on murder
“whoever sheds humans blood
by humans shall there bloods be shed.”
St iraneus quote on rationality
criticism
two stages to this
stage 1: image, that mankind shares certain characteristics with god.
Stage 2: likeness humans must develop there natures to be like god.
