In a coherent world like ours, people are questioning their religion and not knowing whether to believe in creations by God. Ancient mythologies, such that of those that belong to the Hebrews and the Egyptians were created to try to describe their place in the universe. These creation myths are mainly about Gods of nature, the earth, the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars.
In the beginning of the Book of Genesis, God created heaven and the earth. We are to see God in this chapter as a spirit. On the first day God divided light from dark, which is also known as good and bad. On the second day God divided the waters and called the firmament heaven. On the third day God made the earth with grass and trees that grew fruit on them. On the fourth day he made the stars in the heaven to point out day from night. He also created the sun and moon. On the fifth day God created the sea animals and the birds. On the sixth day God created male and female to rule over all the other animals. On the seventh day he rested, so he could sit back and enjoy all that he created (Gen. 01:01-31).
God is not a living person in chapter one, he is a spirit that moves across the earth. God says something and it happens, its just as simple as that. We believe that it took only six days to create earth but who is to say it didn't take longer. There were no clocks at that time and there was no one around to see what actually went on.
The problem of human imperfection and its relation to divine justice is a major theme in Genesis. We can try to look at this problem through the eyes of humans or we can attempt to try to look through God's point of view. God, who created the whole universe in 7 days would surely have a vastly different point of view than Adam, Eve, Noah, the Serpent, or anyone else.
As with the Hebrews creation myths, the Egyptians created myths to try to explain their place in the universe. While both of their myths include themselves with gods of nature, the sun and the moon, the earth, the sky and the stars.
