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Discussion - Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and God's creation in Genesis 1 are extremely comparable, carrying a plethora of similarities.
For starters, it is important to define Object Oriented Programming. This popular programming paradigm is built upon the underlying ideas of class and object creation, with reuse, encapsulation, and inheritance as means to this end (P. Deitel & H.M. Deitel, 2019). Through the implementation of these principles, one can begin to compare between OOP and God's creation. First, Genesis 1:27 states how God created man and woman "in His own image" (Holy Bible, English Standard Version, 2001/2022, Genesis 1:27). A comparison can be made which highlights the distinct relation between this action and creating both classes and objects. In detail, both man and woman could be viewed as classes.
Post creation, Adam and Eve could then be viewed as "objects", instantiated from the man and woman classes. This realization is fascinating, driving home the reality that OOP principles can be found within everyday life, able to be traced all the way back to creation itself. One could even further extrapolate with the idea of inheritance and conceptualize a "human" class which both man and woman inherit from. Further even, Genesis 1 discusses not just the creation of man and woman, but all living creatures upon the earth (Holy Bible, English Standard Version, 2001/2022, Genesis 1:20-25). The comparison between OOP and the beautiful truth of creation could be simplified ultimately to a "life" class, in which all other classes (animals, humans, plants, etc.) inherit from in some way. As each form of life is instantiated, a new object is created through the applicable class.
While the general comparison has been made with a focus on "living" beings on earth, the concept of OOP is apparent even before living creatures appear. For example, the dichotomy between night and day, land and sea, and heaven and earth. All of these creations could undergo the same ties to Object-Oriented Programming that were found applicable to living beings.