Jewish beliefs about creation: completed
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- Created on: 03-09-18 20:21
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- Jewish beliefs about creation
- God is the creator and source of all life
- Each week Jews celebrate the Sabbath, recalling that God made the world in six days and rested on the seventh
- Jews share both creation stories with Christians because there in Genesis, also the first book in the Torah
- Some orthodox Jews believe these stories are true accounts.
- Others believe the creation accounts are stories not historical facts
- Some Orthodox Jews have difficulty accepting modern scientific ideas
- They reject the idea of the Big Bang theory.
- Others believe that God started the universe through the big bang and has guided the creation of life through evolution.
- They still have faith in God as a sustainer and provider
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