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A cosmology is an account of how the world came to be. Christianity and Islam both have two cosmologies with similarities and differences between all of them. In genesis 1, it says that god created the world in six days, and in the following order; On the first day he created heaven and earth, light and dark, on the second day he separated the earth from the sky, on the third day creating dry land, plants and trees, on the fourth forming the sun, moon and stars, on the fifth creating fish and birds and finally on the sixth day creating animals and humans. In genesis 1, god creates all of this with his voice, ’God said “let there be light” and there was light’.

The cosmology in genesis 2 is very similar to the one in genesis 1; however, it implies that man was created early on, with everything else being created for man. Similar to genesis 1, it says that the heavens and earth were created on the first day, followed by man being created from ‘the dust of the earth’ on the second day, the garden of Eden along with the first trees being created on the third day, Adam being placed in the garden of Eden on the fourth day, birds and animals being created as helpers for Adam on the fifth day but after them being deemed unsuitable helpers for man, woman being created on the final day.

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        There are lots of similarities between the two Christian cosmologies, for example, the world being created in six days, the creation of the heavens and the earth on the first day, the creation of fish and birds on the fifth day and the creation of trees and plants on the third day. However, there are also differences. For instance, as already mentioned, genesis 2 gives the idea that everything was created for man, with everything else being scenery or help for him. In genesis 1 on the other hand, humans are created on the last day fitting into the earth ...

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