Mother Earth and the Beautifully Integrated Creation
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56877/teach-jcs.2025.22Keywords:
Mother Earth, Coptic, Creation, GenesisAbstract
The earliest known use of the term ‘Mother Earth’ goes back to the mid-1500s. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term ‘Mother Earth’ is derived from a poem translated by George Turberville in 1568. The term reflects the unique position of the Earth as the source of the elements of life on it. The biblical account of the earth and life goes back to 1400 BC, i.e. approximately 3,500 years ago, as stated in detail in the first two chapters of the book of Genesis. Such biblical accounts and their details are confirmed by the recent scientific investigations which used sophisticated devices, powerful telescopes, and electron microscopes … etc. The findings of those investigations support the biblical account of creation, although the Bible is not a scientific book. This article analyses the relationship between the Earth and different creations that live on it, as well as some of the interrelations between those species
