How does creation shape our world in today's time? Everyone has questions like, "How did the world come to even be what it is today, Why are we even here or How did we even get here?" These questions can be answered in various of ways due to our beliefs and creation stories. Every Culture there is or religion all have a creation stories that has their perspective on how the world was formed and how we as humans came to be who we are. Although these stories may vary they all help us to get a better meaning, and better understanding with the relationships we share with humans and the earth that we live on. All of these creation stories shape our world because, they all postulate the existence of the things and humans that shape the world that we live in today. Each of these stories that are told hold a specific theme, and sometimes have similar things in common. Although these stories may hold similarities, there's also major differences which have a dramatic impact on the way we as humans may think. This is the reasoning why everyone think differently in regards to the creation of the world today. For Example, in this course so far we had to read a story entitled "Myths of the Cherokee". Their creation story that was created was based on it being created by a Water-beetle. The culture described this world as being created when the animals, that lived above the sky needed more room so the creator which was the "water-beetle" brought up mud from the water that was there, which then made it a island. This island was called "Earth". Although some cultures creation stories may have created man first, this particular one had animals and plants...then came man. In this creation story humans were sought out to work with the plants, and animals whom were considered to be human like. This creation stories is a great way to show how it shaped the people in this culture world.
When I was doing this post I decided to look at Demarshun for my male and for my female I chose Dainty. When reading Demarshun post his view on women was " the modern day woman in majority of households is the head of that household. I remember there was a time, when the "man of the house" made decisions and those decisions was the law of that house". whereas, when reading Dainty post she feels as if , "most women play the role of both wife and mother, but also as a contributing and equal member of the household and society". When reading each of these post they both shared a similar thought in regards to women having more say so, then back in the day.
Do you think that some creation stories cause their people to treat the Earth differently than do those who believe other creation stories? How so?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the posts.