Creation Stories

1. I love to learn and hate not knowing why. Why I am the way I am, or why others act the way they do. Many others share this same thirst for knowledge. We are scared of the what we do not know. The human race loves to be known as the most developed thing on Earth. These myths are a way for us to rationalize the world. All of the scary things we cannot understand become simpler with something to believe in, a way to explain what we cannot begin to understand. We need some sense of order to our world- we refuse to leave the unknown the unknown. Creation stories are the perfect way to explain the odd tendencies of Earth. While they are not believed in as strongly because of science, creation stories are still known around the world. They became bedtime stories to children, or jokes to non-believers. Sometimes they give ideas as to what is the truth about our creation, while other times they are far off.

2. From the Australian story, it seems that it is important to love your mother. She is the one that created you and you should be very grateful. They also might believe that even in the darkest of places, light can be created. That nothing is truly and completely evil, it can all be changed to beauty. Also, humans are very envious creatures. They believe that envy is an ugly feeling and can create hideous things. The Maori might believe that love is important, but should not be all en composing.
3. The stories have many differences and similarities. In the "Australia Aborigine", life begins with a ray of light and centered around creatures that loved their creator, the Sun Mother. She awoke spirits in the darkest of places with her light. The main source of their problems were their envious feelings towards each other. The morning star and the moon goddess were born and superior to all because they knew better to evolve. The Australians most likely had different experiences than the Maori. The Maori began in darkness where Gods were created from the mother and father. The mother and father would not focus on anything but their love, so their children broke them apart. The Maori probably had many issues with something similar to this. This story explains many of the strange occurrences like storms and other natural disasters. The Australian story is similar to God's creation story. Maybe somebody influenced them with their beliefs.
4. The myths reveal a lot about human nature. We are extremely envious people. Wars break out because we want power or the land of others. They slightly explain the morals and behaviors of us. Our need for attention is also shown. Creation stories play a large part in religion. They give people something to believe in that can explain the unknown. Though they might have changed over time, they still hold on to the culture and beliefs of our descendants.
5. I am a christian. Have been since I was in the womb (my father is a pastor). Every week we go to church, and when i was younger i used to spend all my days in the church because i could not stay alone. I believe that God created every living thing. Because of my religious beliefs, i am a nice person. I volunteer often and cannot walk by a Santa without giving him some change. They gave me my morals. Since i believe in God, i also believe in the Devil. I always wonder if the mistakes people make, make them bad people or just confused. I love to look at the beauty in what surrounds us and just think. I always take a large portion of my pictures when i travel on the scenery.