Genesis/ Responsibility

Genesis means "the origin" or "creation", and in the Bible, Genesis describes the origin and creation of earth and life itself. God makes man, a species created in His own image, to be the dominant species of the earth. From this point, God already bestows responsibility onto man, granting him a greater existence. Throughout Genesis, man struggles to keep up with his responsibilities, becoming distracted by greed, evil, and the desire to obtain perfection. When man ignores his responsibilities, God becomes the responsible one, and his responsibility is to punish man for his ignorance. The big picture of Genesis is God teaching man to be responsible, so God doesn't always have to be responsible for them. It's almost portraying the relationship of God and man to parent and child. A parent teaches their child right and wrong, and in a way this is what God is doing. God is teaching man do good, and even though his teachings aren't always successful, like a child, man learns from his mistakes, and eventually gets it right.