Native American genesis comparison- Marina

The Jewish people and the Native Americans are probably the two most influential groups that helped shape the way people think and believe today. The centers of their faith, the way and who created the world are practically similar which strengthens the monotheistic faith. Two completely diff rent cultures agree on the most important issue that ever and will exist.
The first chapter of Genesis consists of the Creation story. One God created everything spectacular around us. The sky, darkness, water, and the sun ere evenly distributed in creation over seven days. The Native Americans believed in an almost exact creation story. One God did it all as well. The distribution was the only difference. They believed that God created one of seven directions, a day. Theses directions consist of east, south, north, west, the earth and everything above and below it, and the divine spirit that was a gift from God to all. The number seven brings both groups to believe that there is a God that can do it all and all in seven days.

The most important similarity the Native Americans and the Jewish shared was their monotheistic belief. They only worshiped one God, the one maker of the world. There was and incident in Exodus that the Jewish people tested God by making an idol made of gold after God rescued them from Egypt. It caused Moses to furiously break the ten Commandments because of the Jewish ungratefulness and disrespect to God. They learned and God forgave them, and the mistake was not repeated again. The Native Americans believed that there was only one divine being that could create such life. Their beliefs centered around it and were passed on from generation to generation. From Abraham to Moses, and from many Native American tribes to more and more ones.

The Jewish believed that they were created in God's image. In Genesis 1:27 it says, "So God created man in his own image, the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." That means God gave the human the most power on earth. It also says in Genesis 1:26, "then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, ^[b] and over all the creatures that move along the ground." The Native Americans dominated the earth. The hunted and fished feeling like they were the most powerful creatures of God. They really made the most of the power. They may not read the Old Testament as much as the Jewish but they are aware of God's blessing to man and make the most of it.

Two completely different cultures are brought together under one God and the gift of life. The different cultures is what makes the diversity all over the world and the same beliefs is what makes the strong faith that God deserves from us.