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There is not just one, but two quite different creation stories in the Book of Genesis, at Genesis 1:1-2:4a and 2:4b-20. Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that pious readers, believing that the text cannot contain contradictions, ignore the major disjunctions between the two creation stories and tend to treat the second story as the fuller, more detailed account of the creation of man (and woman) that the first story simply reported - but this is not the case. He says that if we mean to understand each story on its own terms, we must scrupulously avoid reading into the second story any facts or notions taken from the first, and vice versa. For example, in reading about the origin of man in the story of the Garden of Eden, we must not say or even think that man is here created in God's image or that man is to be the ruler over the animals.

There is no wonder that Christians disagree about the meaning of the biblical creation. The stories themselves beg to be misunderstood. For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation

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Christians may disagree on the interpretation of the creation story due to differences in theological beliefs, understandings of scripture, and the balance between literal and symbolic interpretation. Different denominations and individuals within Christianity may emphasize different aspects of the creation account, leading to varied interpretations.

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