
I'll start with the two versions of creation. Just to start with.
The ease of using language to justify inconsistencies in language is just mind boggling.
Genesis 1:1–2:4a: This is the familiar seven-day creation story. It features an overarching, cosmic view where God creates the universe by speaking it into existence (e.g., "Let there be light"). In this account, animals are created first, and then human beings (male and female) are created last, together, in the image of God.
Genesis 2:4b–2:25: This account features a more localized, terrestrial focus, starting with a dry landscape
. Here, God acts like a potter, forming the first human (Adam) out of dirt, then planting the Garden of Eden, creating the animals to keep the man company, and finally creating the woman (Eve) from the man's rib