Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism is defined as attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to

inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. The Bible teaches many lessons for life, including

how to be a good parent. In Genesis, the first book of The Bible, God is given human motivation,

characteristics, and behaviors of a father. God sets rules and limits, he protects and provides for his

people, and he punishes his people.

In the beginning, God creates the world. He separates the dark from the light, the oceans from the

dry lands; he creates all wildlife, animals and people. The story starts in the Garden of Eden, in

which Adam and Eve are living. God sets one rule for them and it is to not eat from the tree of

knowledge of good and evil. Although there is only one rule set on them, both Adam and Eve both

disobey it and eat of the tree. Another rule that is set by God is that nobody is to kill Cain. Cain

murders his brother Abel and God puts a mark on Cain. This mark is to let people know that he is

a murderer and if anyone kills him "vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." In Genesis 9:6,

God says, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." This is saying that if a

man kills someone else, then that man will be killed. This is another rule that God sets, even though

there are other parts in The Bible that will contradict this.

God protects and provides for everyone and everything that he has created. When God creates the

first man, Adam, he decides that he should provide him with a wife. He removes a rib from Adams

body and out of it, he creates Eve, Adams wife. God provides Adam and Eve with everything they

need while they are in the Garden of Eden. All their food sources come from the wildlife around

them. Food from the trees, drinks from the rivers, anything they need, they had. When God sees

that the entire world is turning wicked, he wants to punish them, but also protect the one righteous

family that he knows of. He also wants to protect all species of animals. He tells Noah to build an

ark, and to bring on it: his wife, his three sons and their wives, and a pair of every animal. By doing

this, God protects this family and all of the animals from total destruction.