Saturday, October 17, 2009
Creation Stories
Its very difficult to believe the story of Genesis or the Navajo creation story. In both stories, many unbelievable things happen such as Adam and Eve talking to a snake or people living beneath the world. If I had to believe one then it would probably be the Genesis story because it has more plausible things in it. The Navajo story really doesn't make much sense.
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I must agree that unbelievable things happen in both stories. And thats why i believe the Genesis story more. The things that happen in that story can happen not like leaving earth by a hole in the sky in the Navajo story.
ReplyDeleteBen, It's interesting that you equate "What story is likely to be true" with what is "plausible." Are those really the same thing?
ReplyDeleteJust like in the film, The Little Buddha, when the boy's dad calls the story of the Buddha an interesting "myth," the monk replies (I'm paraphrasing here), "It is one way to get at the truth." It’s likely these stories have probably been embellished over time, but the fanciful details are not necessarily where their truth rests. The truth of these stories is in their basic premises.
Looking at them this way, the stories shouldn't come across as equally true because some of their root assumptions aren't the same. For instance, they don't explain the existence of evil and suffering in the world the same way. Which account rings "true" to you? There is no scientific or realistic answer to this, is there? It’s just a matter of what makes sense to you.