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b'In this episode we talk about\\u2026\\n\\nwhy the creation stories are a pet peeve of Brian\\u2019s\\nhow this passage sets the tone and expectations for the rest of the Bible (and what that means for queer Christians)\\nHow God uses language to create\\nthe importance of sabbath and rest\\nhow queer people are made in God\\u2019s image\\nwrestling with the binary gendered language in this text\\n\\nRead the transcript (PDF)\\nGenesis 1:1 \\u2013 2:4\\n\\n\\nIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nAnd God said, \\u201cLet there be light,\\u201d and there was light.\\xa0God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light \\u201cday,\\u201d and the darkness he called \\u201cnight.\\u201d And there was evening, and there was morning\\u2014the first day.\\nAnd God said, \\u201cLet there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.\\u201d\\xa0So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault \\u201csky.\\u201d And there was evening, and there was morning\\u2014the second day.\\nAnd God said, \\u201cLet the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.\\u201d And it was so. God called the dry ground \\u201cland,\\u201d and the gathered waters he called \\u201cseas.\\u201d And God saw that it was good.\\nThen God said, \\u201cLet the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.\\u201d And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning\\u2014the third day.\\nAnd God said, \\u201cLet there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.\\u201d And it was so. God made two great lights\\u2014the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,\\xa0to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning\\u2014the fourth day.\\nAnd God said, \\u201cLet the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.\\u201d So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, \\u201cBe fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.\\u201d And there was evening, and there was morning\\u2014the fifth day.\\nAnd God said, \\u201cLet the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.\\u201d And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.\\nThen God said, \\u201cLet us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.\\u201d\\n\\n\\n\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0So God created mankind in his own image,\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0in the image of God he created them;\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0male and female he created them.\\n\\n\\nGod blessed them and said to them, \\u201cBe fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.\\u201d\\nThen God said, \\u201cI give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree'