I hear so often that there are no contradictions in the Bible but we get a huge one in the very first book of Genesis:

@peterlee


Nope, that's not the issue here. We're not talking about the fall of the created, we're talking about whether or not the act of creation was done by an infallible being.

So why do you think according to Genesis 1 God created man and saw that it was very good but according to Genesis 2 God created Adam and saw that it was NOT good that Adam should be alone, try to give him companionship via animals, see that, THAT was no good and then finally make woman?

@Pikachu I agree I seem not to be making any sense to you.

I wish you well in the future, and hope you find what you are searching for.

Thank you for being kind enough to listen to me.

@peterlee

Just miscommunication i guess.
Have a nice day✌

@Pikachu

God has no concern for human boobs

Man on the other hand seems to love them, and the Songs of Solomon takes the Cake, Solomon dives a bit deeper.

@Charity

Who can understand the mind of God? Who has been His Counsellor?

@Pikachu

No man without his guidance.

@Charity


According to Genesis 1, yes.
But in Genesis 2 it says he created animals after Adam and then brought each to him but Adam could not find a companion among them.
It's right there in the text.

I use the NLV but the KJV says the same thing:

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

That's Genesis 2 again saying that Adam was alone and that was not good so God sent animals to be companions but they were not sufficient and THEN he made Eve.


So you're really just highlighting an additional contradiction between Genesis 1 and 2 which i wasn't even talking about regarding the order of creation and without addressing my initial criticism regarding the contradiction on the infallibility of God between the two chapters.

I hope you have a nice day as well but you can't keep saying goodbye and then making another comment lol

@Pikachu

Genesis 2:18-20 King James Version and the Lord said it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fall of the air; and brought them unto Adam ""to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.""

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fall of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found and help me for him.

Non-christians I have spoken to refuses to see Genesis 2 as a narration of Genesis 1. They continually want to make it two separate events, it's their right to choose what they believe or disbelief.

And it seems that none believing people have a tendency to think that people who were just learning to write and read would do so in the manner that people of today would do. People of today consider themselves educated and organized in the craft of authorship / literature. 6 to 10,000 years ago people wrote it as it came to mind, broken ways they felt the people would understand wrote in ways they felt with praise God and being inspired by God to write it doesn't mean they wrote it immediately.


100 years ago most people couldn't read or write, and definitely didn't form literature in the way people of the 20th century ground works. They didn't write in chronological order / literal, but often and none chronological and non literal order.
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2022/09/reading-writing-global-literacy-rate-changed/#:~:text=In%201900%2C%20it%20still%20barely,strong%20regional%20inequalities%20remain%2C%20however

https://thejohnfox.com/2021/10/how-to-write-a-non-chronological-plot/

Ever read Plato, Nostradamus, Homer, Dickens?
https://fiveable.me/literature-in-english-the-mid-19th-through-the-mid-20th-century/unit-6

https://fiveable.me/key-terms/american-literature-since-1860/non-chronological-narratives

As I said you have your right to think believe as you do. If you think that's what I'm doing continue to think so.

Good by until I run into you on another post.

@Charity

And indeed you have the right to negotiate with the text in order to preserve your belief...but i don't think you've made a compelling argument.
I invite you to watch a short video by a biblical scholar on the subject. You might find it interesting

Catch you later✌

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@TryingtoLava

lol hey
Yeah i haven't been on the site much for a while

@ChipmunkErnie

Christians lol

@1490wayb

Yup, that's where the contradiction becomes clearest.
Later translations often attempt to massage the phrasing to smooth out certain contradictions like the diffing order of creations between Genesis 1 and 2.

You can watch a short video on this subject if you're interested. He points out a couple more big contradictions in the nature of God.

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@1490wayb it is not even that simple. You have some Hebrew, the spoken language of Jesus and the apostles was Aramaic, and the new testament was written in Greek.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow

Often the case, i think.
Although there are many apologists who try to negotiate with the bible to iron out apparent contradictions.