Bible Vs Genesis

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Both views are subject to matter, but in the case of the Bible, people use biblical evidence to provide reasoning onto how creation occurred, but the very fact is that the Bible does not tell us how but instead it only points out the who. It really isn’t important to know why places and creatures were created, instead, its more important to know how to live up to God’s words. “In the creation account of Genesis, chapter one, God creates everything in the world, then creates humanity last. In Genesis, chapter two, god creates humanity first, then creates the remainder of the natural order” (Genesis). From these lines, the sentence structures prove that it really does not matter as to why creation occurred. Basically, if an individual or group

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