I. IN THE BEGINNING

Chapter 3:Stories for the JourneyCreation, the Fall, & the Founding of a PeopleHomework(due Tues., 9/23) Print out OT TEXT: Ch. 3 from NetClassroomRead pp. 60-61 & do both RQs and Journal (J) on p. 61(due Thurs., 9/25)Read Gen. 1-2List as many details as you can that do not match what we know scientifically about the origins of the world, human beings, and so on.Homework(due Thurs., 10/2) Write 1 pg. Reflection on the Creation-Evolution debate, including responses to these questions:What impression does the Scopes trial give us about Religion and Science?Which is true about the origins of the world: Bible or Science? Creation or Evolution? Is it possible that both are true? If so, how?Homework(due Mon., 10/6) R&H pp. 61-65; RQs p. 65(due Tues., 10/7) Read Genesis 2:4-3:24R&H pp. 65-67; RQs p. 67(due Thurs., 10/9)Read Gen. 6:5-9:17R&H pp. 67-70; RQs p. 70Homework(due Mon., 10/13) Study for QUIZ on text RQs/terms and WTB sheet

(due Tues., 10/14)Study for TEST REVIEW for Ch. 3Text and RQ answersNotesWTB sheet

(Fri., 10/17) TEST on Ch. 3Stories in GenesisIn Genesis,Primeval Stories

Ancestor Stories

In GenesisPrimeval StoriesAncestor Stories2 Creation storiesFall of Adam and EveCain and AbelNoah and the FloodTower of Babel

AbrahamSarah & HagarIsaac & IshmaelRebekahJacobJosephGenesis storiesOften myth or folk historyPassed down orally from generation to generationNot written down until 5th Century B.C., after Babylonian Exile

Monkey Trial PlayersScopes (Cates)Defendant in Tennessee TrialDarrow (Drumond) Defense AttorneyBryan (Brady)Prosecuting AttorneyDaytonTrial siteDarwinAuthor, Origin of the SpeciesACLUAmerican Civil Liberties UnionBible interpretation is eitherLiteralist >Very StrictDay=24 hours >Less strictDay= era

ContextualistDay= symbol

Creation Evolution Debate3 debates/ 3 topicsIf Evolution is true, the Creation stories must be false.Both Science and the Bible are right about our origins.Science is a kind of faith.

Creation Evolution Debate3 debates/ 3 topicsEach group= 2 teams, pro & conEach team= 1 debater with assistantsEach debate= 3 minutes, with Opening statements2 follow-ups/rebuttalsClosing statements

Creation or Evolutionor both?Theistic evolutionists: God creates through process of evolutionNon-theistic evolutionists: Universe simply began with Big Bang

Creation or Evolutionor both?St. Augustines theory of creation as seeds hints at evolutionary processIf creation took a year...Jan. 1Big Bang takes placeMay 1Milky Way galaxy appearsSept. 1Earth appearsDec. 1Animals appearDec. 31Humans appearJan. 1Space age beginsAncient Hebrew CosmologyWorld of the deadNether world

World of the livingOur world

World of GodGods homeThree Days of SeparationDay 1God created light & separated it from the darknessDay 2God separated the water above(rain) from the water below(ocean)Day 3God separated the water below(ocean) from the dry land

Three Days of PopulationDay 4God populated the sky with sun, moon and starsDay 5God populated the air with birdsand the ocean with fishDay 6God populated the land One Day of CelebrationDay 7God celebrated, resting from work,blessing creation and setting the day apart from the other days (Shabat, that is Sabbath)Week Pattern3 Days of separation light/darkwater/waterwater/land

3 days of populationskysky and oceanland

1 day of celebrationrestedblessed creationmade Sabbath special5-fold Pattern for each DayIntroductionGod commandedCommandLet there beExecutionIt was doneReactionGod was pleasedConclusionEvening passedIn the contextualist way of thinking, the Truth of the Creation Stories looks something like this...

CreatorOld beliefMany gods

New teachingOne God

How taughtOne God creates everything

Act of CreationOld beliefAccidental happening

New teachingPlanned event

How taughtGod creates in an orderly way

Creation itselfOld beliefPartly good

New teachingTotally good

How taughtGod affirms goodness

Days of CreationOld beliefAll days are the same

New teachingSeventh day is special

How taughtGod blessed 7th DayStory of the FallMostly symbolic/ metaphorical vs. literalThemes:Mystery and origin of sin/evilConsequences of sinGods response to mans sin

Original Sin (Sins origin)Greek myth

GODS responsible

Bible story

PEOPLE responsible

Original Sin (Sins origin)Symbols>Snake =SatanEating =Sinful action

Teaching =Evil entered the world through the sin of first coupleConsequences of SinFrom harmony with > alienation from:GodSelfOther PeopleNature (all Creation)