More commonly, the contemporary or liberal Christians conclude that Genesis 1 and 2 are poetic. In regards to understanding common ancestry with God, one must comply with this belief. In regards to the timing of biblical records of creation, “history narrative as a discipline did not exist.” It was more common to tell figurative stories to help people understand important factors of life, including creation. In “Is the Genesis Creation Account Poetry?” Wayne Jackson explains that after the time of the Greeks, the method of historical writings seemed to officially emerge (Jackson). This does not mean that the information in the figurative stories lacked full historical truth. Instead, it shows that the history is represented in a different way