Many very ancient religions held that creation came about because of, or involved, conflict between the forces of good and chaos. It appears that for the ancients, overcoming the forces of chaos was a more plausible way of explaining the origins of the world. The calm, considered decisions to create a world, as in the two creation stories at the beginning of Genesis, seem to reflect a later, more sophisticated development in theology.
The forces of chaos were sometimes seen as destructive gods, but in other cases as chaos monsters that had to be defeated by the gods, who were generally benevolent. In either case, the creation of the world is the result of the primordal chaos. An example of a chaos god is the Babylonian goddess, Tiamat, who is clearly conceived as a monstrous threat to both cosmic and socio-political order, and the survival of the world as well as the survival of the state depend on the creator god Marduk defeating her and keeping her from returning.
In a Hindu creation story, from the Sanskrit hymns in the Rig Veda, the creator god Indra must slay the chaos demon Vrtra in order to release its primordial chaos waters as a life source, thereby creating and establishing a livable cosmos, the order of which is integrally related to Vedic understanding of social order.
Even the early Israelites appear to have believed that the world was created out of chaos. The Bible contains ancient references to the forces of chaos associated with the world's creation. Timothy K. Beal (Religion and its Monsters) has identified a quite a few fragments of more ancient chaos stories in the biblical Book of Job. For example, in Job 38:8, God asks, "Who shut Yam behind doors when it burst forth from the womb ..." (KJV translates as: "shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?" The italics on 'as if' mean that this is not a literal translation. ).
Yam (or Yamm) was the Canaanite sea god, a destructive chaos force, and the reference in Job can be identified in early Canaanite creation stories. Behemoth and Leviathan, also mentioned in Job and in the Psalms, are also generally considered to have been chaos monsters in very early Hebrew belief.
In many creation myths and cosmologies, chaos is often seen as a natural and necessary state that precedes creation. It represents a formless and unordered state from which the divine or creative forces bring about structure, order, and the creation of the world. Chaos serves as a blank canvas upon which creation can take place, providing the potential and raw material for shaping the universe.
Many ancient religions held that creation came about because of, or involved, conflict between the forces of good and chaos. The forces of chaos were sometimes seen as destructive gods, but in other cases as chaos monsters that had to be defeated by the gods, who were generally benevolent. In either case, the creation of the world is the result of the primordal chaos.
An example of a chaos god is the Babylonian goddess, Tiamat, who is clearly conceived as a monstrous threat to both cosmic and socio-political order, and the survival of the world as well as the survival of the state depend on the creator god Marduk defeating her and keeping her from returning.
In a Hindu creation story, from the Sanskrit hymns in the Rig Veda, the creator god Indra must slay the chaos demon Vrtra in order to release its primordial chaos waters as a life source, thereby creating and establishing a livable cosmos, the order of which is integrally related to Vedic understanding of social order.
The Bible contains ancient references to the forces of chaos, associated with the world's creation. Timothy K. Beal (Religion and its Monsters) has identified a quite a few fragments of more ancient chaos stories in the biblical Book of Job. For example, in Job 38:8, God asks, "Who shut Yam behind doors when it burst forth from the womb ..." (KJV translates as: "shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?" The italics on 'as if' mean that this is not a literal translation. ).
Yam (or Yamm) was the Canaanite sea god, a destructive chaos force, and the reference in Job can be identified in early Canaanite creation stories. Behemoth and Leviathan, also mentioned in Job and in the Psalms, are also generally considered to have been chaos monsters in very early Hebrew belief.
In the Christian creation story, God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh day, while in Chinese mythology, the universe originated from chaos and was gradually formed over time by the interaction of Yin and Yang elements. Additionally, Chinese creation stories often involve the actions of various deities or dragon-like creatures in the process of creation.
Satan was not cast to the Earth but to Hell for revolt and defiance against God.When Satan learnt that God had made Earth he was eager to see it as it was formed in the deep void.He did circle the Earth and visit it before the creation of Adam but saw Angles guarding it and hid in the dark void and then in a dark hole as a snake on Earth before entering the garden of Eden. The Genesis must not be taken as literal but a metaphorical explanation for Creation . People in antiquity were not aware of certain scientific truth as we know today and has this day resulted in unresolved theological debates.
This belief reflects the idea that God predestined or planned for individuals to be chosen to be united with Him before the creation of the world. It is a theological concept that emphasizes God's sovereignty and foreknowledge in determining who will be saved.
Genesis in reverse could refer to the concept of going backwards through the creation or origin of something. It could imply a reversal of progress or development, potentially leading to a state of chaos or dismantling of existing structures.
I have no idea why these answers are so complicated, but i guessed and it was "Curiosity leads to the loss of something pure."
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The cast of Chaos and Creation - 2007 includes: Bruce Hermann as Cosmo
AnswerPerhaps not all, but many of the more ancient creation stories of the Mediterranean and Near East regions began with chaos. The struggle between good and evil, or between the righteous gods and the chaos monsters provided a satisfying and plausible explanation for the reasons for the creation of this imperfect world.We even find fragments of ancient Hebrew chaos stories in Psalms and Job, although the creation stories in Genesis 1 and 2 could perhaps be considered as reflecting more recent cultural attitudes to the older chaos-creation stories.
Sjoerd Lieuwe Bonting has written: 'Mens, chaos, verzoening' -- subject(s): Life, Religion and science, Theodicy 'Creation and double chaos' -- subject(s): Chaos (Christian theology), Creation, Religion and science
Chaos was the first primeval goddess to appear at the creation of the universe.
Great Performances - 1971 Paul McCartney Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road 34-8 was released on: USA: 27 February 2006
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No, Chaos was the boundless, original void, from which everything else sprang.
The word comes from Latin 'Chaos' and Greek 'Khaos' meaning an 'empty void'. Other derivations are translated as 'a time of utter chaos' and from a theological point of view 'the void at the beginning of creation' in a version of Genesis. The Old English version in 'ginian' meaning utter confusion. . The Greek myth is of Chaos and the creation, the dark silent abyss from which all things came into existence. Chaos generated the solid mass of Earth from which arose a cloud filled heaven. Later it was believed that Chaos was the formless matter from which the cosmos, or harmonious matter, was created.
Before Chaos - 2011 was released on: USA: 9 June 2011 (deadCenter Film Festival)
If you believe in creation, you understand that nothing existed, not even the Nile River, before Creation.