Awakening is more than just politics! This includes the hard topic of religion
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It's not a contradiction, but a change in perspective. Chapter 1 is an overview of the creation of the universe and Earth up until mankind and chapter 2 switches focus to a human level to go into detail about the relationship between God and man.
You're right, its not an opinion, but a fact that can easily be understood from reading the Bible. The scope of genesis goes from the entirety of the universe and creation in chapter 1 and then changes perspective and scope in chapter 2 to focus on humans.
Chapter 1: a brief overview of an event (God creates man and woman)
Chapter 2: The same event of chapter 1 but given much more detail and a different perspective.
He can make both man and woman and make man first, that is not a contradiction. For example, if you bake a cake and a pie, but tell someone that you made the cake first, does that change the fact that you made both of them?
Also, God is called by many names in the Bible, depending on the context in which He was acting. A lot of this nuance is lost since ancient Hebrew does not translate cleanly into modern English. God having multiple titles isn't surprising once you learn this fact, since all the titles speak to His divine status.
I'm not trying to start an argument with you, I'm trying to answer your questions and objections as best as I can. If you have any interest in the subject then I'd suggest reading some of the books and articles by people like Gerald Schroeder, Hugh Ross, Norman Geisler, William Craig, or Lee Strobel. All of them are much smarter than me and can provide more than the introductory answers I've given.
The thing to keep in mind about the Bible is that it's an ancient book written by multiple authors in ancient languages using multiple literary elements. A literal reading of the modern English translation can be very confusing, and also incorrect, which is why reading supplementary works by authors like the ones I mentioned can be so helpful.
If I had to pick just one book to suggest it would be "I don't have enough faith to be an atheist" by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek. It contains a ton of good info and numerous references and is probably the best place to start researching this subject that I can think of.
It didn't randomly cross your path.....there are no Queinsidents?God is in control...blessings patriot??