Genesis 1 vs. Genesis 2

Rrhain writes:"...But you never take anybody's word that something is inerrant. To do so means you've turned your brain off."

Arachnophilia writes:"please do go back and read the rest of my post. i wrote it for a reason, and it does fit the text. i've been interested in this and studying this for quite some time. such a simple answer is almost insulting, especially when i stated that my original conclusion was the same and gave the reasons i had for changing it."

18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

"But first God creates animals and birds in an attempt to find a suitable helper."

27 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."

"The verse above simply states that he created them."

"yes. it does. at the same time. it says he created man and woman in the image of god."

Rrhain writes:"You are absolutely right that Gen 1:27 simply says that humans were created and doesn't mention when they were created.But to then insist that this somehow means that Genesis 1 doesn't mention when humans were created is to simply ignore all the other verses in the chapter."

"Now some simple questions:1) Are fowl and whales animals?2) Did this event happen on the fifth day?"

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

Now, let's see what Genesis 2 says:Genesis 2:18: And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.2:19: And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.2:20: And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.Now, some simple questions:6) Does not the above indicate that Adam, the very first human ever, was alone?"

19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

Rrhain writes:"If I'm looking at my day-planner and I see that written on January 15 is an entry saying, "Dinner at Andre's," and then I find another entry on February 18 saying, "Dinner at Leona's," can we say that I had dinner at Leona's after I had it at Andre's? There is no direct statement in the February 18 entry mentioning January 15 or my previous dinner. And yet, nobody would claim "that's just a matter of interpretation" if it were claimed that my dinner at Leona's was after my dinner at Andre's."

Rrhain writes:And your justification of this is what, precisely?

Rrhain writes:Are you seriously claiming that god has the attention span of a gnat? That he noticed that Adam was alone but was then immediately distracted by the need to create the animals? That the animals had nothing to do with the search for a helpmeet for Adam?

Rrhain writes:If so, how do you reconcile this with the direct statement that there was no helpmeet to be found among the animals? If they weren't looking for one among the animals, why would they bother mentioning that one wasn't to be found?

Rrhain writes:I'm still having a hard time believing you claimed birds and whales are not animals.