BIble

Genesis 1-3 mainly speaks about ‘the beginning’ of time. How everything got started, or was created, rather. It speaks of the first people on earth—Adam and eve, and it even dives into morality with Eve disobeying orders and eating a very tempting looking apple that turns out to be cursed, and so they were cursed.

One way to analyze this is to look at it as a story of morality. Eve was told not to do something, and she agreed, but once she saw the thing she was supposed to do, it seemed too good to pass up—so she went against her orders and did what she was not supposed to. The analogy here is a good lesson to start such a deep book out with, as almost every problem (that is controllable) spurs from doing things you are not supposed to do. After eve does what she is not supposed to do, she is cursed. This part of the story tells us that for every action there is a consequence, and when you do something are not supposed to do, it will almost always end badly.

I relate this to my origins in respect to my grandparents. They are so deeply connected and secure in their faith that I can’t help but envy it. My grandfather was not always a religious man, he has had his fair share of mistakes. But many years back he was in a car accident that almost ended his life—and that is where it all changes. He said he saw ‘the light’, he said he talked to God. And while it gives me the chills every time, and while it makes me want to be secure in my faith as well, I just cannot seem to give my all to the belief in a higher being. I wish I could, I truly do. But I am stuck with my mind and I am stuck with my doubts until something comes along and changes that for me.