The Creation story of the Jews is very similar to the Native American story. In Genesis, the Jewish creation story is told. In Genesis 1:1 it says “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” God took seven days to create and perfect what he had done. God was the only one responsible for creating the animals that roamed the earth and the beautiful scenery from the plants. God also created man from his own image. The Jews believed that one God created earth and everything on it.
The Native American Story is very similar. Like the Jews, the Native Americans believed that one God created earth. Instead of their story taking seven days, they just had seven directions. Those seven directions were the East, South, West, North, Above, Below, and the divine spirit. The East represented the season of spring. The South is
the season of summer and west is the fall. The North is represented as the season of winter, above is the father, and below is the mother. The divine spirit is compared to the Jewish creation because God created man in his image. The Native Americans thought the same thing which is the spirit is in every living being.
Everything in life can be made into a story. Two people may look at a problem and come up with different interpretations with the same concept. The creation story is one thing that happened but can be interpreted two different ways. The Jewish and Native Americans shared their different beliefs, but they both had the same concept.
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Your quote in the beginning of the story was very good and brought out the meaning of the story. Your points were all good and I like you story a lot. i also liked how you brought both stories under one concept. Well Done.
I thought you did a great job. You hit all the points and made the concept easy to interpret. Well done.
Good job Kayla! It was very easy to understand and well organized. I like the quote.
I really liked how you used quotes it made your points stronger. It was specific and to the point. Great job kay!
good job Kayla, it was well written, easy to understand, and well thought out.
Great Explanation! You made it very easy to understand! Great Job!!
Great work! Well written. Myths, in religions, are ways of trying to explain a mystery that is held as truth or faith statements. The stories in Genesis are just that - myths. Inspired myths that attempt to explain how one God could have created the universe. There are many N/A native creation myths - often several from each tribe or nation. But in all, there is one God and THAT is the mystery and connection to our faith. We pray to and have a realtionship to the same God.
You had a very good summary of the assignment. Your blog was easy to understand.
once again good job using quotes and then bringing up the idea that two people can come up with different stories of the same event
I like that you interpret stories into your blogs. it makes it much more interesting to read and easier to learn and know what you are trying to say. very good job.
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