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I. “IN THE BEGINNING”

I. “IN THE BEGINNING”. The Primeval History of the World. Homework. (due Tues., 10/13) Read Genesis 1-2 (ie. Chapters 1 & 2) & answer RQs in NB (due Thurs., 10/15) Write 1 pg. Reflection on the following:

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I. “IN THE BEGINNING”

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  1. I. “IN THE BEGINNING” The Primeval History of the World

  2. Homework • (due Tues., 10/13) Read Genesis 1-2 (ie. Chapters 1 & 2) & answer RQs in NB • (due Thurs., 10/15) Write 1 pg. Reflection on the following: • Which is true about the origins of the world: Bible or Science? Creation or Evolution? • What does the Scopes trial teach us about how to “interpret” the Bible?

  3. 2. CREATION Interpreting Scripture

  4. “Monkey Trial” Players • Scopes Defendant in Tennessee Trial • Darrow Lawyer for defense • Bryan Lawyer for prosecution • Dayton Trial site • Darwin Author, Origin of the Species • ACLU American Civil Liberties Union

  5. Creation or Evolution…or both?

  6. 2. CREATION 1st & 2nd Creation Story

  7. If creation took a year... • Jan. 1 Big Bang takes place • May 1 Milky Way galaxy appears • Sept. 1 Earth appears • Dec. 1 Animals appear • Dec. 31 Humans appear • Jan. 1 Space age begins

  8. Ancient Hebrew Cosmology • World of the dead Nether world • World of the living Our world • World of God God’s home

  9. Three Days of Separation • Day 1 God created light & separated it from the darkness • Day 2 God separated the water above(rain) from the water below (ocean) • Day 3 God separated the water below (ocean) from the dry land

  10. Three Days of Population • Day 4 God populated the sky with sun, moon and stars • Day 5 God populated the air with birds and the ocean with fish • Day 6 God populated the land

  11. One Day of Celebration • Day 7 God celebrated, resting from work, blessing creation and setting the day apart from the other days (Shabat- Sabbath)

  12. Week Pattern 3 Days of separation light/dark water/water water/land 3 days of population sky sky and ocean land 1 day of celebration rested blessed creation made Sabbath special

  13. 5-fold Pattern for each “Day” • Introduction “God commanded” • Command “Let there be” • Execution “It was done” • Reaction “God was pleased” • Conclusion “Evening passed”

  14. Bible interpretation is either… • Literalist >Strict Day=24 hours >Less strict Day= era • ContextualistDay= symbol

  15. You must go back, as it were, in spirit to those remote centuries of the East. With the aid of history, archaeology, ethnology, and other sciences, you must determine accurately what modes of writing the ancient writers would likely use, and in fact did use. -Pope Pius XII

  16. In the contextualist way of thinking, the Truth of the Creation Stories looks something like this...

  17. Creator • Old belief Many gods • New teaching One God • How taught One God creates everything

  18. Act of Creation • Old belief Accidental happening • New teaching Planned event • How taught God creates in an orderly way

  19. Creation itself • Old belief Partly good • New teaching Totally good • How taught God affirms goodness

  20. Days of Creation • Old belief All days are the same • New teaching Seventh day is special • How taught God blessed 7th Day

  21. Creation or Evolution…or both? • Theistic evolutionists: God creates through process of evolution • Non-theistic evolutionists: Universe simply “began” with “Big Bang”

  22. Creation or Evolution…or both? • St. Augustine’s theory of creation as “seeds” hints at evolutionary process

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