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- From: jfelder@lerc.nasa.gov (James L. Felder)
- Newsgroups: alt.atheism
- Subject: Re: Where does Adam and Eve Fit In? Attn: Jeff West
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 18:35:11 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.005958.21563@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>,
- brian@lpl.arizona.edu (Brian Ceccarelli 602/621-9615) wrote:
-
- > So why do you insist on reading the creation account in Genesis,
- > a poem, like Einstein's General Relativity?
-
- I don't, fundies do. To me it is just that, a poem. It doesn't reveal any
- Truth any more that the rest of the mildly interesting stories contained in
- the bible. So why should I try to take it as the literal Truth. However,
- when someone argues to me that It Happened Exactly Like It Says In The
- Bible, or that the bible is the revealed word of GOD, well then I'll take
- their position that the bible is to not be interpreted and take it in its
- exact content with no margin for literary license.
-
- In that light it is the account of a cult following formed around a mean
- vicious brute of a god who talks out both sides of its mouth when ever
- convenient. Or, if you want, I can take it as poetry. Then, with some very
- careful editing, it might have something educational to say.
-
- In either case I see nothing about Xianity that would cause me to follow it
- as a religion.
-
- So which way to do you want me to look at it for purposes of discussion.
- It doesn't really matter to me.
-
- > Moses had something else in mind when he wrote
- > Genesis 1. Figure it out. There is a reason--a good reason,
- > a reasonable reason which made sense to everyone back then.
-
- Yeah, believe and follow me, or I and my ultimate in big brothers will KILL
- YOU. Mind control, even thousands of years old has very distinguishing
- marks. The OT is chock full of some of the best mind control techniques
- ever invented by the twisted mind of man. Evidence the longevity of this
- cult.
- >
- > I guess I didn't make my point clear enough in my last post.
- > The Genesis "man" does not necessarily have to be the Stone Age
- > anthropological man. The Biblical definition may be, and probably
- > is, different than the anthropological definition. Adam was much more
- > than "homo faber", maker of tools. Not all the people running around
- > during the Stone Age must be the descendants of Adam and Eve. There
- > is nothing in Genesis that says they are.
-
- Sounds a lot like that Chariot of the Gods stuff, where Aliens came to
- earth and genetically altered some the the proto-humans.
-
-
- James L. Felder (216)891-4019 -My opinions are MINE-
- Sverdrup Technology, Inc. jfelder@lerc.nasa.gov I think that should
- NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland 44135 cover all bases,
- don't you.
-
- "Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge -
- other people gargle"
-