Natalee+Schiavoni

=Creation - Our importance & purpose.=


 * Christianity**

26 Then God said, “Let 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.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be 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.” - **Genesis 1**

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1&version=NIV

**Hinduism**

 * || One started with the sacrifice of the primal man, named Purusa. His body was the entire universe. The lower quarter of his body became the earth; the rest became the heavens. The various castes of humans came from parts of Purusa's body: his arms became the warriors; his legs the commoners, and his feet the serfs. ||
 * || The //Puranas,// ancient Vedic books, states that universes form from the breath of the God Vishnu's breath. They last for the duration of one exhalation and inhalation. "//With each breath, countless universes emanate from Vishnu in seedlike forms that expand. Then Vishnu multiplies Himself in as many forms as there are universes and enters into each universe.//"

http://www.painsley.org.uk/re/signposts/y8/1-1creationandenvironment/c-hindu.htm ||
 * Soure**
 * http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_denom2.htmhttp://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_denom2.htm**