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Genesis 1: 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (the third day)

No, if you actually read the passage it is very clearly taking place the sixth day.

In the second version, the day is unknown, but definitely not at the same time as the creation of Adam....I don't know what God meant us to see out of this, but probably NOT that God created man and woman, and then did it again, but differently at a different time.

I don't know if you're being intentionally dull or not, so please forgive me if this post is condescending. Obviously (yes, obviously...well it should be obvious) there is no contradiction between the chapters. The first is a general overview "male and female he created them" and the second delves into specifics. By your reasoning, the following two passages about my hypothetical day would be contradictory:

1. Then newguy357 and his wife went to work.
2. Then newguy357 dropped his wife off where she worked and then proceeded to his workplace.

Please, it should be obvious to anyone with very minimal reasoning ability that those two sentences are not contradictory. They differ only in detail level. The biblical passages are the exact same. In sentence one just substitute "male and female he created them" and in sentence two substitute the whole story about Adam being formed and then Eve being made by his rib. Detail level. That is all. This is not hard.

DNA says it is impossible for all human beings to have come from just two fully grown flesh beings. The Bible does not describe a miracle of different peoples, yet the Heavenly Father called his creation GOOD!

Now I know most Christians are told WHAT to think about WHAT is written but think about it.

Around this globe today there are many different peoples. Are they/we here by accident, divine DNA planting, or do you ascribe to a speedy form of evolution. Common sense says there has to be a specific explanation for what we see today, what is it?

NO I do not believe in evolution. I believe that the Heavenly Father formed each of his children and as He said, His creation was GOOD!

I don't know if you're being intentionally dull or not, so please forgive me if this post is condescending. Obviously (yes, obviously...well it should be obvious) there is no contradiction between the chapters. The first is a general overview "male and female he created them" and the second delves into specifics.

Yes, if I am being dull it is usually intentional. However, this is not one of those occasions where any dullness on my part is being exhibited. And, I'm not sure if you can be accurately called "condescending" if you are wrong in what you are saying.

Like I have said, go back to the Hebrew that it was written in. Secondly, it is not clear whether people were created on the fifth day or the sixth day, but if you are attached to the sixth, I'll concede for the sake of discussion.

Now, to get down to the crux of your argument: are you saying that women were not created in God's image, having been made instead from Adam's rib? Is this why this argument is important to you?

But even more important, why is it so necessary for you to see Genesis as a formula and with no deeper meanings? Why would you reject the idea that God would speak in allegory and parable? I just don't understand the attachment to this view of Genesis. When Jesus speaks of a wealthy landowner or a prodigal son, do you believe that there was actually a Mr. W. Landowner or P. Son? Did not Jesus speak this way so that we could glean deeper meanings as our faith matures?

I'm not really interested in trying to reconcile all parts of the Bible, because God had not provided me (or any other mere mortal) with the ability to see the whole picture. And I'm OK with that because I trust what God is doing. So, I'm going to leave you to arguing the finer points of relegating Genesis to some sort of formula. I just don't understand the reason we're even arguing.