May 22nd- Something To Ponder

Being today is what many believe to be the sabbath day, I have a treat for all my readers. I want to talk about different religious beliefs in a way I may not have spoken of before to give all of you something to think about. I know I have already spoken of the different religions in previous blogs and also what I believe, but now I want to look in depth into why I feel the book people call the bible is nothing but lies and contradictions. First off, just this day being nominated as the sabbath is a falsehood made by mankind itself. Our calenders were made showing Sunday being the first day and the seventh being Saturday. How is it then that Sunday is the sabbath day? In some parts of the world Sunday is the last day on the calender and the week shows Monday as the first day. No one truly knows which day is the sabbath because there was no such thing as days or time when the world was first created, so it would be difficult to determine on what day our great creator rested.
Let's for today discuss the creation of mankind as written in the book of Genesis. I will be using passages coming from a bible copyrighted in 1994 by Thomas Nelson in the book of Genesis with what I knew older versions to say in parenthesis.
Genesis 1:26-27 "Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.' So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. (in older versions the part of male and female was omitted leaving only He created them.)" First thing brought to question is why I put the words "us" and "our" in italics. I did this to emphasize one huge question in that some believe in the holy trinity while others believe God is the father, the son, and the holy spirit. For those who believe in God being all those, who then was God referring to when He said Us and Our? Those who believe in the holy trinity would of course use this to support their belief that there was indeed a holy trinity and it is the other two to whom He was speaking to.
Genesis 2: 2 "And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which God had created." Notice it does not say exactly what day was the seventh day, so why does mankind continue to place a day to this event? I guess it is because they feel the need to have a day set just as they feel the need to have time at all. It is to make things easier for them so that they do not just go running around with absolutely no idea what time it is or what day it is. Without time and day, people would not be able to know exactly where to be when they are supposed to be. For this reason mankind created time and day as well the years.
Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being." Hold the phone! I thought God had already created mankind. Why then does the bible contradict itself by saying it was not until after He had rested that man was first created? I have the answer. In older versions, it does not speak of Adam being the first man that was created. However, in Genesis 2:21-23 "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord had taken from man He made into a woman (in older version it just says He created Eve), and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: 'This is now bone of my bone And flesh of my flesh; She then shall be called woman Because she was taken out of Man. (in older versions it adds "Thus the first woman was formed from the rib of man and given life." or something along those lines. It is hard to remember exactly what was written, but I do know there was indication that Eve was the very first woman created.) I'm sure by now you can see the differences and also things to think about for today. Men were indeed created first and Adam was NOT the first man, but Eve was indeed the first woman. The book had to be re-written, however, when the whole gay and lesbian affairs sprung up in order to justify every religion that speaks against such acts. "God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve," is one common quote spoken by those against gays and lesbians. Not according to what I have read in older versions of the bible. Man was indeed created first and it was only men at first until Eve came to be.
I believe I will save more for next Sunday since there are so many other things I can point out as contradictions and to list them all would make this entry too long. Next Sunday, I will continue this by discussing contradictions between saying He and Him when talking about God and the truth that shows just how it is sexist to women as well as more on the whole gay phobia that man has used the book to justify themselves for. Take care and be safe always everyone.