CHAOS:
from the Greek word meaning "gap, gasp, or yawn" The poet Hesiod says
"In the beginning Chaos came into being." In many Mesopotamian
religioustraditions the world was created out of a pre-existing chaos. The HEBREW
BIBLE appears to deny this and traditionally CHRISTIANS have maintained a BELIEF in creatio
Ex Nihilo. Today some commentators argue that GOD created out of pre-existing MATTER.
Such a view has important philosophic implications for the origins of EVIL and is rejected
by ORTHODOX Christians.
