How is "Creation" From the Rigveda Similar/Different From Genesis 1

In class today we read "Creation" From the Rigveda. This poem is very similar to Genesis 1. I know this because they both have to do with Creating a new world. For example in "Creation" they said “Darkness there was: at first concealed in darkness this All was indiscriminated chaos." This is very similar to the line in Genesis 1 which is "“The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep” they both show how there was nothing before the God made the earth just darkness. Also in "Creation" there is a line that says "There were begetters, there were mighty forces, free action here and energy up yonder”, this has to do with line in Genesis stating "“Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” These quotes are similar because it shows that they both made animals and they are listing off the names of them. These two pieces of writing are different aswell, for example in "Creation" we don't know who is creating all of these things but in Genesis we know that God is creating the earth. Also in "Creation" they created Gods while in Genesis the God is creating the world.

Is Life a Simulation?

In class we read an article about how our entire existence can be on someone else's hard drive. Although this is very hard to believe I think that it could be true. Neil deGrasse Tyson said "Somewhere out there could be a being whose intelligence is that much greater than our own. We would be drooling, blithering idiots in their presence.” He also said that there is a 50% chance that this is the case. It can also be true because technology is constantly evolving, so it could have fully evolved already thousands of years ago but we don't know it because we are in a simulation. One reason people usually deny this theory is because most people don't know why a higher being would want to simulate us, Lisa Randal stated "I don’t know why this higher species would want to simulate us.” Randall admitted she did not quite understand why other scientists were even entertaining the notion that the universe is a simulation." Another reason people may not believe in this theory is because there is no real evidence yet, but the chances are likely which is why I believe it can be true.

How The Book on Job is Similar and Different to an Article About the Holocaust

In class today we read an article about how Holocaust survivors search for faith. This article relates to the book of job. One example is in The Book of Job, Job after all they things that God has put him through like killing his family, animals, crops, and giving him sores all across his body he still tries to search for faith by praying to God and still worshipping him after all the horrible things that God put him through. In the article it shows Holocaust survivors looking for faith in God, asking why he would put them through such a thing like the Holocaust, while in The Book of Job he looks for faith in God asking why he would put him through the torture that he's putting him through. The book of Job is different from The Article because in the Article a man is putting them through the holocaust while in the Book of Job God is putting him through the series of trials. It is also different because God was putting Job to a test while Hitler was not.

How book of Job is Similar and is different to other stories in the Old Testament

In class today we read the book of Job Part 1, this story is very similar to other stories that we have read in the Old Testament so far because it has to do with God wanting people to worship him and how he can be self centered because of how badly he wants people to love and worship him. One story form the Old Testament that supports this is The Sacrifice of Issac, God wants Abraham to prove himself to God by killing his son for a sacrifice to test his loyalty . In the book of Job God puts Job through torture (killing his kids, and animals) to test his loyalty as well. In Genesis 3 God tested Adam and Eve's loyalty by seeing if they would eat an apple that God specifically told them not to eat. There is a common theme here with God as a character which is he can be very self centered as showed In the stories from the Old Testament. The book of Job can be different from these stories. One example of this is in The Sacrifice of Issac God wanted Abraham to do something for him to prove his loyalty but in the book of Job God wants him to withstand a series of events made by God. In Genesis 3 God wanted to see if Adam and Eve were tolerant enough to stay away from the tree of knowledge, while in the book of Job God wanted to put Job to a test.