Open question for Creationists.
I see a lot of posts here supporting YEC and sighting the Bible as a source. Posters hold that they believe in the Word and accept it as truth. That's fine.
My question is, do you further accept the Creationist beliefs from other cultures / religeons?
For example (there are obviously extreme truncated for space):
Egyptian -- The world begins with a series of floods until ground can rise above it.
African -- The Creator vomits up all of creation
Norse -- A mix of fire and ice formed Ymir the giant who sweated out giants and men.
Comanche -- The gods summon a wind from the four corners and create man from dust.
Mayan -- After the gods fail making men of clay and wood, they wipe everything clean with a great flood. Then with the help of mountain lion, coyote, parrot and crow, they manage to make men of flesh.
Chinese -- Ziene spat on his hand and from that formed all creation. This creation was destroyed by a great flood brought about by Zie. Only two people were spared A-Zie and his sister.
Inuit -- At first there was only water, then land rose out of the water and Raven stabbed it with his beak. This land had only room for one house and in it lived a man and woman and their son Raven, who has stabbed the land.
Obviously I have left out many many other stories of Creation. I'm sure there are literally thousands more that could be listed.
You'll notice that many of this stories have striking similiarities to Judeo/Christian/Muslim origin stories (beginning with nothing or water, a great flood, people made of clay/dust, etc.) However, they also have striking differences. (Multiple gods, animals already in existance, etc.)
Do these stories merit equal weight in the eyes of Creationists? Do they too merit classroom time, just like Intelligent Design? If so, doesn't that just make biology into the study of compairative religeon? If not, why are they discounted in favor of another choice?
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