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Several parts of the Sequalish (near Seattle) creation account and follow up are significantly close to Genesis. This is remarkable considering the near-maximum distance between them.
1, the Creator created by speaking. It is a form of displaying authority, a decree, there is no stopping it
2, he allowed men the power of ‘form-changing’. This is a lapse from Genesis, but see below. This is where plants , animals, humans, and maybe higher beings can ‘turn into others.’ Others meaning the other type of being, forms of life. This of course is a source of animism. But it is also in part a violation of Genesis that they were meant to reproduce after their kind.
3, the Creator saw that all they did was harm each other by ‘form-changing.’ By Gen 6 of course we know there are hints of interbreeding and experimenting, even with higher beings.
4, the Creator retracts the power to do so. I don’t recall much of an account of destruction , however, the native accounts have many of these. He simply speaks and the power is removed.
5, and thus all forms of life are fixed as they are today.
So there are obvious flaws and obvious connections. On the problem of evil, it departs by the Creator allowing the power. Or fails to explain evil upstream from the misuse of the power.
The curators of the British museum who collect these kinds of materials say that logically the Genesis account predates the others. See P James-Griffith “Tracing Genesis through history.” On YouTube.
1, the Creator created by speaking. It is a form of displaying authority, a decree, there is no stopping it
2, he allowed men the power of ‘form-changing’. This is a lapse from Genesis, but see below. This is where plants , animals, humans, and maybe higher beings can ‘turn into others.’ Others meaning the other type of being, forms of life. This of course is a source of animism. But it is also in part a violation of Genesis that they were meant to reproduce after their kind.
3, the Creator saw that all they did was harm each other by ‘form-changing.’ By Gen 6 of course we know there are hints of interbreeding and experimenting, even with higher beings.
4, the Creator retracts the power to do so. I don’t recall much of an account of destruction , however, the native accounts have many of these. He simply speaks and the power is removed.
5, and thus all forms of life are fixed as they are today.
So there are obvious flaws and obvious connections. On the problem of evil, it departs by the Creator allowing the power. Or fails to explain evil upstream from the misuse of the power.
The curators of the British museum who collect these kinds of materials say that logically the Genesis account predates the others. See P James-Griffith “Tracing Genesis through history.” On YouTube.
