I was most intrigued by the different creation stories between the Enuma Elish and the creation story in the Bible. For the Enuma Elish, there were many Gods who want a respite from their normal duties, so they create humans for the ‘dirty jobs.’ On the other hand, God creates humans in the sight of oneself to inhabit the Earth that he just made. There is a difference in this not just in the way that each party made the human, but in the responsibilities that the humans must do. God is trusting in humans and wants them to respect him, but at the same time, he gives more freely of what they can do. The gods in Enuma Elish give the humans responsibilities almost as if they need to complete certain tasks in a certain time without much freedom of movement otherwise. Another big difference between the two stories is the methodology in which things were accomplished. The Enuma Elish creates new beginnings after violent strife, while in the Bible God just creates it simply by speaking it into existence without a hardship. This greatly highlights the difference in the cultures around each belief system. The way of the Enuma Elish supports a much harder path at which things can be accomplished and that there is going to be a hardship along with any path that is taken. The Bible is a less harsh way of taking on tasks and making way for the path of least resistance. I am not saying that the people in the Bible have followed in a non-violent path, it is just that the promotion of peace to accomplish a task is more prevalent as exemplified in the separate creation stories.
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