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Does the Bible Borrow from Other Creation Stories? – Ancient Cosmology E2
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Creation as the Ordering of Reality
The concept of creation in ancient cosmologies is centered around the origins of order in the cosmos that leads to human civilization. In these cosmologies, existence is viewed as an ordered reality created by the gods, where humans are a part of this civilized order. The gods, who represent all matter, self-generate and spawn other deities before any order exists, with these deities ultimately responsible for the order in the world. This perspective highlights that creation in these ancient beliefs is more about the ordering of reality rather than the physical emergence of matter.
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