The Nature of God in GenesisThe depiction of God in the creation story of the Bible, namely Genesis, evokes the image of an omnipotent, all-powerful, all-powerful being. child playing in a sandbox. As a child, his only goal seems to be simply to have fun and eventually gain a source of unconditional love. These needs contrast with the classical view that God acts with the idea of ​​an ultimate plan. His actions make it clear that there is no perfect plan, or if there is, it must be extremely complicated. God consistently makes bad decisions and then eventually acts to remedy the situation. The whole scenario conjures up the image of the Apollo 13 crew, alternately breaking objects and then repairing them with duct tape. God's initial idea was good. He was alone in the void. Either out of boredom or the need to have someone else to confirm his greatness, he creates the Earth, plants, animals and most importantly (both for the sake of this argument and in the spirit of God) humanity. By design, man is supposed to be ignorant. So, for a time, God is happy and has a source of praise. However, it is a rather mundane existence. As any kid will tell you, gambling isn't fun if you know you're going to win. Sure, it's fun for a while, but in the long run, what's the point? The game, in this case, is life, that is to say the life of God. (If this concept seems strange to you, feel free to call it the existence of God.) In any case, God ensures that there is temptation for man. It is no coincidence that Adam and Eve were brought to live near the only thing forbidden to them, the tree of knowledge. God wants his children not to dominate animals, which is completely different. Domination would mean that humanity would be the guardians of the animals and would essentially take care of them. With Noah, God specifically says that the animals will fear man and provide him with food. Again, this forces us to ask why God didn't do this in the first place, with Adam? Once again, this does not indicate a plan on God's part, but rather that He plans things on the fly. If God has a plan, it seems to have no regard for the welfare of humanity. A good example of this is the Tower of Babel, where God deliberately acts to destroy man's obvious progress. If God is not interested in the evolution of humanity, then it seems very clear to me that we should have as little to do with him as possible. It seems to work so far.