The dawn of time has come. God has started life on thousands if not millions of different planets scattered all throughout our universe. Once he spoke the words, we all entered into existence for the first time all together. His planning was precise; leaving enough light years between each planet so that they could never discover one another. He was to leave us all be and watch what we would become. Many planets of life had short lives by being destroyed by meteors and asteroids within the first 500 years or so. Many planets had tremendous advances in science and technology and many planets were still living in what would be considered the dark ages of their lifetime. Free will was key in all this planning from God; He chose to let us decide our fate for ourselves. His one and only plan for the future, is to show the last final standing planet all of the universes beauty. This last planet will be so far advanced from all the others that they will be the only ones who can truly comprehend the universe in its entirety and harness all its energy it has to offer to make even further advances for themselves. This final standing planet was to be called "Earth" by the people who habitat it. There was a period of downfall for this planet though, between the years of 1950 and 2200, heavily pollution almost caused global warming to end life as they once knew it. A life saving change occurred in the 23rd century, their breakthroughs in science allowed them to reverse the process of global warming prolonging the life of "Earth" well into the 51st century, where God finally showed them the entire universe and his final plans.
Author's Note:
This is my adaptation to the creation of our universe as told in the Bible in Genesis chapters 1-3. How life was started on this planet has always been of great fascination to me, I really enjoy pondering all the different possibilities. I love watching science fiction movies like
Prometheus or
2001/2010: A Space Odyssey that involve the creation of mankind.
Prometheus alone has really been my main inspiration for this adaptation of this creation story.
Here is its IMDB page if you care to get more info on the film!
Bibliography:
Here is the link to the original "Eve" post regarding creation. This original story is from chapters 1-3 of Genesis in the
King James Bible.
Hey Alex! I really liked your take on the genesis story! I was raised Catholic so I have heard this story a lot of different ways and each version has a different insight into what God might have been thinking.I also love the stories that get super in depth on how life was created because that is such a complex part of our lives. I also have a love for science fiction and would definitely also recommend those films. If you liked those you should also check out The Martian and (an oldie,but a goody) Stargate! I think the photo you chose to go with your story is also really interesting because it ties in the idea of a God making the planets from scratch and how that could have occurred. The colors also really pop well against your website's background. As a whole, loved the story and can't wait to see more of what you write!
ReplyDeleteI like that your story managed to incorporate the present, as well as a future were we all survived global warming. Although I liked your story, it seems really short. I also have some questions about the other planets. Do they also have humans, or a different type of race on them? Don't be afraid to keep exploring your story, and give it a little more detail.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you took a very well-known story and gave it your own version. It was really interesting to read about how the world came to be in your story and even though most of it is very different from what we know it to be, some of it is still relatable like heavy population and global warming.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be good to read through your story one more time and make sure things are completely grammatically correct. I think I saw a few mistakes. For example, habitat should be changed to “people who inhabited it”. Also be sure to keep the story in one tense. I saw it go back and forth from past to future tense.
I absolutely loved the picture you incorporated with the story. The colors are powerful and it really puts things into perspective about how the planets were shaped into existence. Very good work!
This was a really cool and creative story! I'm not sure I would have thought of making all the planets in competition, but it definitely drew me into the story (and makes me excited for the Olympics). I think creation stories are awesome because every single culture has one, and they often share a lot of themes. I think you did a great job of incorporating the old with the new to create a new story!
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