Two Different Creations?

One interesting thing I noticed while reading these posts is the lack of attention paid to an obvious complication with Creationism: The Bible contains TWO totally different Creation accounts in Genesis. In the first version, God takes six days creating the Heaven and the Earth, then the animals, and then man and woman are created simultaneously. No Adam and Eve. In the second version, God creates the Earth and the Heavens and man is created before the animals, trees, etc. Then woman is created from man. I'm not sure what effect this info has (if any) on the evolution/creation argument or on the debate concerning the true age of the Earth, but it seems to me that such a discrepancy weakens the validity of the creationists' case. Just thought I'd throw this one out there.

The first account contains a summary of the creation of human beings. It reveals that the first man and woman were created during the sixth day. In Genesis 2, the Bible returns to the sixth day and provides us with the details of that day, in the story of Adam and Eve. When you say that they were created simultaneously, it actually just says "male and female He created them".

So, Blitz, did the animals get made before man (Genesis 1:24-27) or after (Gensis 2:19)?

You'll never get a fundamentalist to admit to the documentary hypothesis.But let's try.Blitz - if Genesis 1-2 is a single document, why does the writer consistently refer to God as "Elohim" in the first creation account, and, again consistently, as "YHWH Elohim" in the second? Sure, I might refer to Jesus as "Our Lord" in one place, "The Lord Jesus Christ" in another, and "Jesus" elsewhere, but there is no consistency to it the way there is in Genesis 1/2.Interestingly, there is one reference to God as "Elohim" in Genesis 2 - the bit right at the beginning that actually logically belongs with Genesis 1.