In the Beginning

Does The Bible tell us the truth of how humans were formed? According to The Bible, God created the first man out of dust from the ground and was named Adam. Then, he created the first woman, Eve, out of one of Adam’s ribs. This could have happened, but there’s no solid evidence that it actually did. It only tells us that something supposedly happened.

The Bible isn’t a very good source to rely on for evidence of the creation of man. In fact, it has many little flaws and parts that don’t match that contradict each other. First, God created the heaven and the earth. It’s a bit unclear since it’s said as if the Earth and heaven were the only things that existed in the whole universe. Then, it says that God created light and darkness on his first day. How do you know which was the first day if there was no day before he created light? If that was the first day, then what day was it that God created the heaven and the earth? It’s just not very clear. Not only that, but God created everything in six days and rested on the seventh. If God is perfect and so powerful, how is it possible that he was actually tired? Is God not perfect after all even though he’s superior to us? It is never explained.

But going back to the creation of man, The Genesis tells us that Adam and Eve were created by God and they were the first humans to ever exist on Earth. All the generations that came afterward were descendants of Adam and Eve. But, is that true? Here’s a short part from The Genesis of The Bible:

“And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch.” (Gen. 4:16)

How is this possible? Where did Cain’s wife suddenly pop out of if Adam and Eve only had Abel and Cain at the moment and Cain had already killed his brother, Abel? Did she just magically appear? Not only that, but according to the text of The Genesis, God doesn’t seem to always know what’s happening:

“And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done?” (Gen. 4:8)

According to this, God either didn’t know that Cain had killed his brother or he didn’t do anything about it even though he knew. Either way, the text is telling us that God has flaws, but The Bible itself tells us that he is perfect. So, The Bible isn’t a very reliable source of evidence to prove the creation of man.

Someone like Charles Darwin, on the other hand, did have actual evidence of evolution and how ape-like creatures could have evolved to humans throughout many generations. I’m not saying that God doesn’t exist or that The Bible is bad. I’m only saying that The Bible doesn’t have solid proof to justify its text.