"God" May Have Been the Name of the People Who Made Humans
Genesis, chapters 2 and 3, tells how Adam is made from dust, receives the breath of life, and enters the Garden of Eden with its Tree of Life; when Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit, they are thrown out and cherubim with a flaming sword guard the entrance so they can never come back and live forever. Read as a record that passed through generations of retelling, "God" may be the name later people gave to a group that knew how to make bodies, restart breathing, and hold a source of extended life.
Genesis, chapters 2 and 3, lays out a chain of very concrete events. Adam is made from dust, receives the breath of life, and is placed in the Garden of Eden. The garden holds the Tree of Life. When Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit, the two of them are thrown out. After that, cherubim armed with a flaming sword stand guard at the entrance so they can never come back and live forever.
Genesis, chapters 2 and 3, tells how Adam is made from dust, receives the breath of life, and enters the Garden of Eden with its Tree of Life; when Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit, they are thrown out and cherubim with a flaming sword guard the entrance so they can never come back and live forever. Read as a record that passed through generations of retelling, "God" may be the name later people gave to a group that knew how to make bodies, restart breathing, and hold a source of extended life.
Genesis, chapters 2 and 3, tells how Adam is made from dust, receives the breath of life, and enters the Garden of Eden with its Tree of Life; when Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit, they are thrown out and cherubim with a flaming sword guard the entrance so they can never come back and live forever. Read as a record that passed through generations of retelling, "God" may be the name later people gave to a group that knew how to make bodies, restart breathing, and hold a source of extended life.
Genesis, chapters 2 and 3, tells how Adam is made from dust, receives the breath of life, and enters the Garden of Eden with its Tree of Life; when Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit, they are thrown out and cherubim with a flaming sword guard the entrance so they can never come back and live forever. Read as a record that passed through generations of retelling, "God" may be the name later people gave to a group that knew how to make bodies, restart breathing, and hold a source of extended life.
Genesis, chapters 2 and 3, tells how Adam is made from dust, receives the breath of life, and enters the Garden of Eden with its Tree of Life; when Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit, they are thrown out and cherubim with a flaming sword guard the entrance so they can never come back and live forever. Read as a record that passed through generations of retelling, "God" may be the name later people gave to a group that knew how to make bodies, restart breathing, and hold a source of extended life.