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The creation of man was by a plural form of God in Genesis (see bolded text below).  Why? 
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'''Creation''' or '''creator''' may refer to:
  
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Some have suggested that this reflects a polytheism common in the ancient world, when Genesis was written in Hebrew, but scholars reject that because monotheism is emphasized throughout Genesis.
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==Natural sciences==
  
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Others have suggested that the plural form is referencing angels, but nothing in Genesis suggests that.
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*In particle physics, [[matter creation]] is the process opposite of [[annihilation]].  It refers to the appearance of [[elementary particle]]s, in physical processes such as [[pair production]] or abstractly as in a [[creation operator]].
  
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Christians, beginning in the Middle Ages, cited this as ancient proof in Hebrew of the existence of the Trinity.  The plural form is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Scholars do not have a better answer. This existence is confirmed by the gospel of John.
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==Religion/Philosophy==
  
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"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." (John 1: 1-3)
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*[[Creation (mythology)]], from the original [[Sumerian mythology]], [[Chaldean mythology]] or [[Mesopotamian mythology]] of the [[Abrahamic religion]] cultural foundations.
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*Particularly of interest in the west, and among those interested in biblical scholarship, might be the article on the [[Creation according to Genesis|Creation according to the book of Genesis]].
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*[[Creation (theology)]], the act by a [[God]] or gods of bringing the universe into existence from unlimited energy, e.g (Isaiah 40:26) rather than from "nothing".
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*Generally descriptions of creation are the act or results of bringing something into existence [[ex nihilo|from nothing at all]], or from some pre-existing matter or energy.
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*[[Creationism]] or [[Creation Science]] or Scientific Creation, the belief that the natural universe, life, and humanity were created by a supreme being's supernatural intervention.
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*[[Creation Festival]], an annual Christian music festival held in [[Mount Union, Pennsylvania]] and [[George, Washington]]
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*[[Creation within belief systems]]
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*[[Creation (philosophy)]]
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*[[Creator deity]]
  
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From Genesis 1:1-2:1 (NAS):
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==Arts==
  
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1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
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*In art or design, a creation is the actual thing the artist creates, from [[sculpture]], [[costume]], [[music]], or [[architecture]].
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*''[[The Creation of Adam]]'', a fresco from circa 1511 on the Sistine Chapel ceiling painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti
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*''[[Creation (album)]], a 2005  album from Leslie Satcher
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*[[Creation (novel)|''Creation'' (novel)]], a novel published in 1981 by [[Gore Vidal]]
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*[[The Creation (band)]], a British band with one hit called ''Painter Man'' in 1967
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*''[[The Creation]]'', in classical music, an oratorio by Joseph Haydn
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*[[Creation/August/Rev-ola Records]], a record label
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*[[Creation Records]], a record label created by Alan McGee
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*[[Creation (1931 film)|''Creation'' (1931 film)]], a 1931 film that inspired ''King Kong''
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*[[Kreator]], a German thrash metal band.
  
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3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
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==Media==
  
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6 Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." 7 God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. 8 God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
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*''[[Creation magazine]]'', a magazine promoting [[Creation Science]] published by [[Creation Ministries International]]–Australia (formerly Answers in Genesis–Australia).  
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* [[Create]], an American digital TV station comprising of lifestyle and human interest programming from the libraries of [[PBS]] and [[American Public Television]] distributed through PBS digital stations nationwide
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* [[Creation Entertainment]], an American company that runs numerous [[science fiction conventions|science fiction and fantasy conventions]].
  
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9 Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. 10 God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, {and} fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning, a third day.
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==Various==
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*[[Creator (software)]], software multimedia authoring application
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*In genealogy and heraldry, creation is the investment of a [[peerage|peer]]. If a peerage no longer exists, and is created anew, the peers bearing the new dignity are said to be of the second (third, fourth) creation.
  
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14 Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so. 16 God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; {He made} the stars also. 17 God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. 19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
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20 Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens." 21 God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." 23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
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24 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind"; and it was so. 25 God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
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26 Then God said, "Let '''Us''' make man in '''Our''' image, according to '''Our''' likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them," Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of on the earth."
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29 Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30 and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, {I have given} every green plant for food"; and it was so.
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31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. 2 By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
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Revision as of 03:28, March 8, 2007

Template:Wiktionary Creation or creator may refer to:

Natural sciences

Religion/Philosophy

Arts

Media

Various

  • Creator (software), software multimedia authoring application
  • In genealogy and heraldry, creation is the investment of a peer. If a peerage no longer exists, and is created anew, the peers bearing the new dignity are said to be of the second (third, fourth) creation.
This page lists articles that have similar names. To remove any ambiguity, the differences are described here.
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de:Creator es:Creación fr:Création it:Creazione

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