creation

Answers to World’s Creation

In the midst of history there are a limitless range of solutions, posed by every civilization, that attempt to explain how the world was created by the usage of “creation myths”. Within all cultures are countless numbers of myths regarding the story of the “beginning of time”. However, even though there are so many different accounts that try to explain how the world was created, the creation of the world is still unknown. Therefore there are countless debates over which aspects of the myths are facts and which are not pertaining to creation. Thusly, due to the large quantity of circulating myths, religious and scientific ideologists still have not made many advances toward this study of “creationalism”. The Pangu Chinese Creation myth and the Genesis Myth are both great examples of how different myths portray “the beginning” and how even though they are inherently different, they both still share common factors. The Ancient China Pangu myth of creation accommodates many aspects of the “known” Genesis Christianity version, and likewise contains numerous differences.

The Pangu myth has its origins based in the Zhou Dynasty and probably, even though not prove, was told thousands of years before that dynasty. In this myth the earth develops and comes into being by the giant named Pangu or Pan Gu. In the beginning there was only darkness and formless chaos. Then the chaos forms into a cosmic egg in which a creature dwelled in for 18,000 years. Once the egg fully matured, meaning it contained a neutral amount of Yin and Yang, Pangu, the giant, hatches from the egg. The Yin in the egg flies down and becomes the earth, and the Yang flies up and becomes the sky. In fear that earth and sky would clash, P...

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...of the people who believe in them. For example, in the Genesis creation myth it is precluded that on the seventh day “God” rests from all the lost energy. For this reason Christians, Muslims, and Jewish fellowships on the Sabbath, a special time when the “Lord” is first. Whether it is Friday, Saturday, or Sunday all of the religious followers have a specific lifestyle that is in accordance to their following of their “creation” myth. The physical representation of the creation myths can be seen all around the world is the forms of beautiful churches that are incased in gold throughout cities such as Madrid, Spain, and Muslim mosques in India. These building were made for religious practices and praising the Sabbath day which are recorded in the creation myth. Are any of these myths valid? We’ll never know!