While both these stories are very interesting and creative, I don't believe in them. Like Isabel, I am not a very religious person so I find it difficult to relate to any of these stories. I believe that if one believes a story is more likely than another, this goes for other creation stories as well, they have some connection towards that culture. Personally, I don't think it is plausible that a man and women came out of thin air and set off the fire to all creation or that the sky opened with a whole new world in sight. For me, these stories aren't possible but that doesn't go for everyone. Based on people's religious beliefs they can believe whatever they feel is accurate. While these stories don't work for me, I am sure they spark a truth for others. However, I do find the Navajo story more intriguing than the story in Genesis for I think it is more imaginative. But like I said, I don't find one more likely than the other.
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If you don't think that both stories are possible, then how do you think the creation of the first man and woman came to be?
ReplyDeleteI do agree that it's more imaginative in the way man was created. But I don't think it's more intriguing. Both stories seem very similar at the end, when the people discover the consequences of sin.
ReplyDeleteI disagree. I feel that they are just as imaginative as one another. They are both really outrageous from what we know today. But what about the Navajo story makes it more Creative than the one in Genesis? Is it just because people are not as familiar with it as they are with the story of Adam and Eve?
ReplyDeleteLaura, remember the words of the Rabbi in the PBS video? I'm paraphrasing here, but what he said was basically: "Just because something isn't factual, doesn't mean it's not true." He suggested it was immaterial whether Moses led 10,000 or 0 people out of Egypt. The story was true because it accurately depicted challeges all humans face when trying to hold on to their freedom.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of the story I'm asking you about, consider them this way: one story says evil has been part of our nature since nearly the beginning (and explains how it all started), the other says evil and disorder comes and goes w/ different generations (certain generations literally climb out of the hole they're stuck in, but then evil creeps back into life). Which is more true? Sure the details of the story might seem a little "out there," but they're still trying to get at something fundamental that we can all have an opinion on.