Problem: Doesn’t God saying “Adam, where are you?” show God didn’t know something? No, because it wasn’t a question for God to learn from, but to inform Adam about his condition.
“Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, ‘Where are you?’” (Genesis 3:9).
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Problem: God asks the first humans, “Where are you?” However, the Bible teaches that God is all-knowing (Ps. 147:5; Heb. 4:13). Did God really not know where they were? Why would an omniscient being need to ask questions like this?
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Problem: Critics argue that aspects of the Genesis account are simply too fanciful to be believed. For instance, this verse about talking snakes is a clear case of mythology.
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Problem: While Genesis 1 places animals before the creation of humans, Genesis 2 teaches that these animals were “formed” after humans were created.
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Problem: Genesis 1 declares that animals were created before humans, but Genesis 2:19 seems to reverse this, saying, “the Lord God formed every beast of the field … and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them,” implying Adam was created before they were.
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Problem: When God created Adam, he said, “I will make him a helper suitable for him” (Gen. 2:18). Many feminist critics of the Bible find this offensive. Are women merely “helpers” for men?
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Problem: Modern science tells us that animals have been killing and eating each other for millions of years. And yet, Genesis teaches that animal death began at the fall of human –thousands of years ago. Which is true?
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Problem: Critics argue that the rivers in Genesis 2 are purely mythical, which supports the notion that Genesis is mythopoeic literature. Is this the case?
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Problem: JEDP theorists note multiple names for God in the Hebrew text. In Genesis 1:1-2:3, the author uses the term “Elohim” for God, while Genesis 2:4 introduces the term “Yahweh” for God. Critics argue that a later author/editor must have come across two creation stories, splicing them together. One is from the Elohist (or “E”) source, and the other is from the Yahwist (or “J”) source.
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Problem: An all-powerful being would not need to rest. And yet, God rests on the seventh day of creation.
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