Catholics must believe that God created the world in seven days because that is what the Bible says explicitly.

Original Sin means that people are pre-programmed to make bad choices.

We can achieve redemption through are own efforts.

Even though good things happen, the world is basically bad.

The Scriptures contain figurative language and symbols that are not intended to be taken literally.

Original Sin came into the world when the first humans chose to focus on themselves rather than on God.

Bad things that happen in this world are God's fault.

All people need God's grace in order to be redeemed.

We can experience the goodness and blessedness of creation through the beauty of the natural world.

Humanity was created by God in the divine image and likeness.

The summit or high point of God's creation was all of the creations of the air.

Humans have responsibilities to care for each other and for the rest of the created world.

God intended for humans to live a life in isolation; to make it on their own.

The first humans made good use of the free will that God gave4 to them.

The first humans rejected God's plan for their lives.

Adam and Eve's choice caused sin and death to enter the world.

Human nature has been weakened by sin.

God's redemptive grace is always stronger than suman sinfulness.

We can overcome the harmful effects of sin through our own determination and effort.

We can not earn the gift of God's grace.

Grace has nothing to do with our earthly lives, only with our lives after death.

The fullness of grace is revealed in the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus.

Seven days = completeness

wind = the dawn or beginning of creation

water = life, cleansing, forgiveness

naming of animals = humani8ty's responsibility to care for God

serpent = Satan, evil

garden = heaven

fruit = first humans sinful choice

tree of knowledge = God's boundaries for human behavior

Original Sin is the fallen state of human nature that effects every person born in this world.

When Christ was born into this world in Bethlehem is known as the Parousia.

Created by God, the soul is the mortal portion of human life.

The fallen Angel, or God's enemy, is Satan.

Literary genres are the term we use to refer to the books of the Bible.

Figurative language is writing that uses symbolic images that point to a deeper meaning or truth.