The First Questions In The Bible

1.) The squid or the slug were not mentioned as the last beings
created.2.) Only when man was created did God get so intimately involved
and hold a council that Man should be created in the image of God.3.) God did not commit to the slug or the squid to have dominion over
all the other animals.4.) God did not see what the slug or squid would name all the other
animals.5.) God did not rest after creating the slug or squid, signifying that
He had obtained something of a completion of His work.6.) God did not speak any specific instructions to the squid or slug
as He did to man.7.) God did not tranfer the squid or slug into the garden of Eden.
At least no specific mention informs us that the garden of Eden
was prepared for the slug.8.) God did not come looking for the squid or slug with a gentle "Where are you?" after things went wrong.10.) There is nothing suggesting that the tree of life was put into the garden for the slug or squid.11.) If you personally feel that your relationship with God is no better than that of a slug or a sguid you seemed to have missed most of the point of the Bible somehow.Edited by jaywill, : No reason given.

I made my point jar. The point I made was that the created man's relationship with God was not of just the same as that between God and slugs and squids. That goes for before and after the taking in of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. That is your opinion, that it is not the same story. And I don't agree with your erroneous opinion here. If you want to say that there are two accounts in Genesis of man's beginning, I will gladly go along with that.A skillful author can join two accounts together to emphasize different aspects of the same "story" - Man's creation and beginning.The author of Genesis has joined the two accounts together to make one story. Genesis chapter 2 verses 1 through 4 are really the strong link that connects the two accounts into one story. They are coupled together by Moses.Verse 22 of chapter 3 also seems to link the accounts together.Compare: In the first account you have this: "And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness ..." (Gen. 1:26).And at the end of the second account you have this: "And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man, has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil ..." (Gen.3:22)The mention of the divine "Us" in both accounts proves that in the mind of the author they should be combined together as one story. I don't see it that way at all jar. Now man has a CONNECTION to all the other creatures created. That is certain. So in one sense he is among them.Yet Adam gives names to all the creatures. This is not insignificant. This is actually very profound. Adam assigned real meaning and interpretation to all the animals which he named.So among the other creatures both accounts of the one story of man's beginnings show him to be at the pinnacle of created beings.Now why do you want to undermine that obvious truth? What possible advantage to your understanding could you obtain by saying Adam and Eve were no more significant than the crab grass, the toad, the finch, or the squid or slug?If you want to keep a sense of humility about being a human being I think you can do that without going overboard and making nonsense from Bible interpretation. Not only both accounts of man's beginnings show man as occupying a unique position above all the creatures, but Jesus Christ confirms this. Did you catch that? Man is of more value than the birds.No, He didn't say the birds were unimportant. He didn't say the birds don't matter. He DID say that man was of more value than the birds. Man is of more value than the grass too. Genesis should have shown you that. But if you missed it, listen to Jesus on the subject.Elsewhere Christ teaches that man means more to God than the lovely lilies or the sparrows sold in the market place. So, yes, man is among the creatures. He has a connection to the animals. But at the same time he has a unique position above all the other animals.And you should ascertain that even by looking to see that no creature on the planet seems to compare with humans. It all has to do with you and I, jar. Now that's interesting. I had a similar instance of curiosity about your posts.
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What does your comment about the squid and the slug have to do with the topic? My "off topic" reply to your "off topic" reply is no more off topic then what prompted me to correct your erroneous interpretation.For one your other assertion that I can't get the stories straight and that there are two of them was shown as bogus as your comment about man's merely animal relationship with God. If you can't prove what I wrote which was "false" then you're just full of hot air.So quote me on what was false. So your comment about man having a relationship with God no better than squid or slug has nothing to do with the question.Practice what you preach. Since that what we are reading in Genesis many take as history and not myth, that is your assertion.I could just as easily say "Since the various authors were Chinese ....". We need to remember that that is your big fat skeptical opinion.Or to put it another way, that is your unbelief in a book written to be believed as something that actually happened.One thing you have been successful in demonstrating. That is the sheer stupidity with which a person falls into when questioning the word of God.

Yes. The first question in the Bible was the question of did God say something."Did God really say, You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?" (Gen. 3:1)The first question was a question about the speaking of God. Did God REALLY say .... ? This was asked by one who was "more subtle, or crafty" ... "Now the serpent was more crafty ..."When you think of human sorrow you may trace it back to this first questioning of God's words. When you think of wars, death, disease, rapes, broken families, addictions, bad leaders, religious hypocrisy, persecutions, racisms, thefts, lies, tears, agony, loneliness, dispair of all kinds, conflicts between nations, conflicts within families, and all that plagues the human race, you can trace it all back to this initial questioning of God's word.The implication of the question:Does God really have the authority?
Does God really love us?
Does God really care about our welfare?Is God concealing something good from us?
Is God out to hem us in, box us up, limit us, jail us, enslave us?All these suspicions were unleashed in the human hearts from the initial questioning of God's word and God's will."Did God really say, You shall not eat of any tree of the garden? ... You shall not surely die! For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will become like God, knowing good and evil." (See Gen. 3:1-5)No, God knows that you will surely die. He knows all about life. God is the Divine uncreated and eternal life - self existing and infinite.And He really said not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil for we would surely die.