Compare And Contrast Christian And Native American Religion

Every religion has its own aspects on how it thinks the world was created. Each one of those thoughts are allied in some kind of way. People have always needed to have a reason for the creation of the earth. No one knows personally, but there are myths. Various Native American tribes have written and recorded how they believe this heavenly body was originated.

Creation stories are tools used to try to explain the unexplainable. For centuries humans have been searching for answers to the what, when, why, and how questions that encompass life. Genesis and the Iroquois Creation Myth are two different stories that seek to describe the creation of Earth and the universe that surrounds it. Genesis describes a Christian perspective, particularly one of the most popular Western explanations to life on Earth. The Iroquois Creation Myth, on the other hand, takes a less traditional approach, while only mildly alluding to religion. The similarities between the two lie in the timeless battle of good versus evil.

Although the Book of Mormon seems to have some similarities in common with the Bible, there are parts from these two texts that are contradicting to each other. For instance, one of the obvious differences is the "Fall" of Adam and Eve, a scene where God punishes them for eating the forbitten fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. In Chapter Three of Genesis from the Bible, the setting in which Adam and Even lived called the Garden of Eden is described as peaceful and utopic place until they violated God's rules and unleashed the original sin as well as immortality in the all humanity. However, their action is rather considered necessary and taken more positively in the Book of Mormon since it is believed that their disobedience led to females' ability to reproduce offspring and it also brought joy to the world despite the other risks, according to Chapter Two of II Nephi. Unlike the story in the Bible, the Graden of Eden is portrayed as a place where "… [all things] must have remained forever and had no end..." rather than a perfect world as described in Genesis.

Hi Mary. I have to say, great minds think alike! I also believed the religion of Native Americans contained a little bit of both, polytheistic and monotheistic. One thing I didn’t think about which was in your post was how it may depend on a particular tribe. Instead I thought of it as just particular situations. For example, when the Native Americans go hunting they see the animal as a creature with a spirit, therefore, they pray to the spirit of the animal before they kill it. This type of action shows the polytheistic side of the religion of Native Americans, while situations where the “Great Spirit” enters; it shows the monotheistic side of the religion of Native Americans. But, I can see how particular tribes may differ by either using

​All cultures across the world have different myths meant to explain the way in which everything was created. Members of the cultures, therefore, come up with their creation stories that tend to describe the creation of mankind, as well as the things around them. Additionally, through the use of relevant themes, the stories are told in a way that explains mysterious phenomena in the society, provide lessons to listeners and emphasize life aspects that each society finds important. As a result, myths such as the Iroquois and the Biblical creation stories, though extremely different, contain specific themes that, to some extent, show particular similarities. ​The creation story, as stated in the book of Genesis (Bible), explains that God created

There are many creation stories, which try to tell us about the beginnings of life, but there is only one true creation story. Hindu creation story takes many similarities from, the Bible. The Bible creation story starts with nothing. The earth was void and darkness roamed the surface of the waters. Then God commanded there to be light and light filled the atmosphere.

Christian theology often talks of the original sin in the Garden of Eden. While both Adam and Eve eat of the fruit, it is Eve who offers the temptation to Adam. This

People who believe in god argue that the creation of earth is not something that spontaneously happened. They also use god to explain the many fascination that exist in the complex of human body and animals that scientist can never explain or duplicate. Others believe in god because they were raised to believe from their family. Children will believe in what they were raised and this notion can continue from one generation to the

There are many suspicious details about the story of Adam and Eve in the bible. The Christian version of the story revolves around how God created man and woman, who are Adam and Eve. God told Adam and Eve that they could not eat any fruit from the tree of knowledge of good evil or else they would die. The serpent in the garden convinced Eve that no harm would happen if she ate from the forbidden tree, which causes Eve to eat the fruit along with Adam. Since God is all knowing, he knew that they ate from the tree and he gave Adam, Eve, and the serpent each a severe punishment that would affect all future living beings. Some people believe that the tree of knowledge and good and evil was put in the garden

Genesis 1 is the story of creation and how God created the earth in 7 days. The first day, he created the heavens and earth. On earth, there was light. The second day, the sky was created. On the third day, he separated water and land, followed by the creation of vegetation and plants. On the fourth day, God created day and night. On the fifth day, he created earth’s creatures and animals. On the sixth day, humans were created. And finally on the seventh day, God rested. The Enuma Elish also talks about earth's creation but in a very different way. It talks about the a god Apsu and his wife the goddess Tiamat. Together they have children who help them rule the universe. This story talks about all the violence and battles that took place in

Adam and Eve, probably, both were gardeners/farmers of the Garden of Eden. They didn’t have children yet and there was no other human being or other job on the earth. One did not do a more masculine or feminine job than the other, they were equal. Another item of note; before Adam and Eve ate the fruit of knowledge, they both had no idea that they were naked. They did not know there was a right and wrong, they couldn’t get embarrassed, or jealous, or angry. They were innocent. Adam wasn’t the only one innocent or naked, Eve was as well. God didn’t give more knowledge to Adam than Eve, they were given equal amount of knowledge and responsibility. That was the only time that human beings were perfectly equal. The only reason for that, of course, was because it was before they ate from the tree of knowledge. After that, mankind was born into the knowledge of embarrassment, anger, jealousy, pride, and inequality. The definition of equality is, “the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.” When looking at the book of Genesis, Adam and Eve were equal in status, rights, and opportunities. Soon after Eve was created, Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge and convinced Adam to as well. This was the fall into sin. When God found out about this he punished them both. To Eve, he said “Your desire shall be for your husband. And he

earth was created and the outcome of it and the differences are when the humans are created. Stories all have a beginning and end, all creation stories has started at the same point but in their own different way.

“The purposes of the practice of a religion are to achieve the goals of salvation for oneself and others, and (if there is a God) to render due worship and obedience to God” (Swinburne, 2017). Although there are hundreds of different religious systems throughout the world with thousands of differing beliefs, practices, and scriptures, all religions tend to follow the same underlying concepts of a religion in their own way. It is impossible to choose which is the best religion since religion is something that people practice based on their personal beliefs and lifestyle. Buddhism focuses on using a person’s inner self to achieve enlightenment, which in turn is the release from the cycle of rebirth. On the other hand, Native American religions focus on a connection to nature to achieve their salvation. Deciding which religion is the best religion depends on the individual’s lifestyle and religious needs.

Do you remember the people who were here in the America’s before us? The people who helped the early English settlers survive, but were treated harshly and were removed off their lands. The Native Americans were vital to the understanding of survival in the America’s and had their own beliefs of how the world came about . They came up with pictographs and other myths to explain their beliefs.The Native Americans share many similarities about the creation of the world and mankind to that of my own, and their literature reveals many other values as well.

It is kind of like the giver book. When Eve wanted to be equal with God and ate from the forbidden tree it forever changed the way man would live on earth with God. As Sharpe explains how mankind chose for themselves what was “good”, so that opens the door for evil and suffering. Once the sin had happened, the result was that humanity would know and suffer what God wanted to keep from humanity. Christians believe that mankind is born into a world full of suffering. Irenaeus gave the picture that Adam and Eve were created in God’s image with all of his character and were morally pure (Sharpe, 2015). Once Eve and Adam stopped following the original rules, it forever changed the following world that mankind would be in.