
MISTREATMENT OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE


September 22, 2011
“The story of Adam and Eve is a primary belief for many Christians. Some Christian scholars argue that research on the human genome shows that modern humans did not descend from the Biblical couple, and that Christianity must find a way to reconcile modern science and religious beliefs.
NEAL CONAN, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION. I’m Neal Conan, in Washington. The Book of Genesis tells the story of creation, of the sea, the sky, the birds and animals and, finally, Adam. Chapter 2, Verse 7 reads: The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. Eve was formed out of Adam’s rib.
Then a cunning serpent and – and original sin stains a perfect world. Opinion polls report that four out of 10 Americans believe this account of the creation story. It’s a central tenet for many conservative Christians.
Science tells a different story. And recently, several Christian scholars argue that the scientific evidence must be accepted, which profoundly concerns others in the evangelical intelligentsia.”
To read or listen to the entire article click on: http://www.npr.org/2011/09/22/140710361/christians-divided-over-science-of-human-origins

There are many similarities between The Creation Stories and the scientific Big Bang Theory.
The Big Bang was an event which led to the formation of the universe, according to the prevailing cosmological theory of the universe’s early development (known as the Big Bang theory or Big Bang model). According to the Big Bang model, the universe, originally in an extremely hot and dense state that expanded rapidly, has since cooled by expanding to the present diluted state, and continues to expand today. Click on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang
2 Now the earth was [a] formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Notice that no time is mentioned. The earth could have existed for billions of years as it cooled down, was covered by water, and began to expand. They had no scientific knowledge. They told and handed down their stories in very simple language as it developed over thousands of years, even before writing was discovered. Notice how the sequence of events in the creation story are logical.

A RELIGIOUS FAITH HISTORY OF A JEWISH GOD, A JEWISH PEOPLE AND THEIR ENEMIES, AN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE OTHER GODS AND THEIR BELIEVERS, AN ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO DESTROY THE ETERNAL LIGHT OF THE WORLD (except for a few), etc. (see link #1).
Notice the sequence in the story (Genesis):
1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth wasa formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the
Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (There is no time period mentioned here. In our view of time it could have been for thousands to millions of yrs. Also notice that all creation came out of the deep.)
3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Do you see the big bang theory in the sequence? The story tellers of that day had no concept of cells, atoms, the Spirit of Truth, the vastness of the Universe and the spiritual eternal world that exists forever. They didn’t know how to write. The story was handed down orally thousands of years before a writen language first appeared (link #2).
Even some today when they don’t understand an event call it, “AN ACT OF GOD”(link #3).
The word “day” has several meanings:
“For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.” (Psalms 90:4)
1:31God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
2By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he resteda from all his work. 3And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Mt. 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.”
Click on Links:
1 http://christianity.about.com/od/biblestorysummaries/tp/biblestorysummaries.htm
3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_God
more later.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one’s self to others.
Love alone can unite living beings so as to complete and fulfill them… for it alone joins them by what is deepest in themselves. All we need is to imagine our ability to love developing until it embraces the totality of men and the earth.
We are one, after all, you and I. Together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other.”
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (French pronunciation: [pj?? teja? d? ?a?d??]; 1 May 1881, Orcines, France – 10 April 1955, New York City) was a French philosopher and Jesuit priest who trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of Peking Man. Teilhard conceived the idea of the Omega Point and developed Vladimir Vernadsky‘s concept of Noosphere.
Teilhard’s primary book, The Phenomenon of Man, set forth a sweeping account of the unfolding of the cosmos. He abandoned traditional interpretations of creation in the Book of Genesis in favor of a less strict interpretation. This displeased certain officials in the Roman Curia, who thought that it undermined the doctrine of original sin developed by Saint Augustine. Teilhard’s position was opposed by his church superiors, and his work was denied publication during his lifetime by the Roman Holy Office. The 1950 encyclical Humani generis condemned several of Teilhard’s opinions, while leaving other questions open.
The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one’s self to others.
Love alone can unite living beings so as to complete and fulfill them… for it alone joins them by what is deepest in themselves. All we need is to imagine our ability to love developing until it embraces the totality of men and the earth.
We are one, after all, you and I. Together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other.”
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (French pronunciation: [pj?? teja? d? ?a?d??]; 1 May 1881, Orcines, France – 10 April 1955, New York City) was a French philosopher and Jesuit priest who trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of Peking Man. Teilhard conceived the idea of the Omega Point and developed Vladimir Vernadsky‘s concept of Noosphere.
Teilhard’s primary book, The Phenomenon of Man, set forth a sweeping account of the unfolding of the cosmos. He abandoned traditional interpretations of creation in the Book of Genesis in favor of a less strict interpretation. This displeased certain officials in the Roman Curia, who thought that it undermined the doctrine of original sin developed by Saint Augustine. Teilhard’s position was opposed by his church superiors, and his work was denied publication during his lifetime by the Roman Holy Office. The 1950 encyclical Humani generis condemned several of Teilhard’s opinions, while leaving other questions open.