Post 2: Creation and How it Molds Us

                    I feel as though creation stories give a simple answer to questions that are not simple in the slightest. Creation stories range from vast and deep ideas that are often scientifically theorized, such as the creation of the entire galaxy with the Big Bang Theory, to much simpler concepts that are still difficult to rationalize and explain, love, for instance.                                          
                   
                    Interestingly to me, though, is how similar many of the creation stories are. They all share certain archetypes that are recognizable across all of the stories.Take the books of Genesis, the stories of the Cherokee, and the stories of the Pima, for example. They all feature the earth existing as sort of a vast mass of nothingness. In Genesis it is described as "without form, and void"[8, vol 1.] The Cherokee Indians say that the world was submerged underwater [332 vol 3] and the Pima state that the Earth did not even exist until Juh-wert-a-Mah-kai (The Doctor of the Earth), decided to create it so that he or she or it would have something to stand upon [350]. Regardless, all three of these stories are outlandish and are true if you believe them to be, but they are also all understandable to their culture and are able to be retold. If you are a Christian, you were probably told at some point that God created the earth and you believed it. Not because it was factual, but because the idea of creation is so vast and nearly inexplicable that it has to be converted into something that is easy for someone to understand. And I believe that is what creation stories do; give answers to questions with no straightforward answer.