Biblical Studies/Christianity/Christian Theology/Creation

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The Creation in christianity is based in the book of Genesis. The christians believe that this book depicts some spiritual concepts about the creation. Genesis is a poem, described as inspired by God that illustrates the creation from the point of view of the jewish culture and its people, and it was written as a parable. It is in a mythological language, and it was written arround the X century BC, arround the time of the king Solomon, and it was written by many authors. The genesis is not a scientific document, therefore it dosent explain the creation in scientific words, However it is a religious document that explain spiritual truths based from a religious and spiritual point of view.

Nowadays, there are many different interpratations about the Genesis from many different christian denominations.