Tag Archives: Book of Genesis

Mar 04

MISTREATMENT OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE

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Which is more correct: “THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD?”  or “THE GOD OF THE BIBLE?” Even more exact:
“THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT?” or “THE GOD OF THE NEW  TESTAMENT?”
Even deeper:
“THE GOD OF LAW?” or “THE GOD OF LOVE?”
Is it better to tell people what to believe? or Ask them if they would like to share with you what they believe?
I’m almost done.  Everything you believe is your decision.  No one else.  I will leave you with a couple of statements to consider, if you want.
When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit of knowledge of Good and Evil… Who got the harshest of punishment? Eve! Adam’s punishment was that his herbs would sprout thorns and he would get to rule over Eve, is that really a punishment? Then Eve got pain in childbirth, pain in conception… and became a servant of sorts to Adam. Not to mention the official punishment for Adam was for listening to his wife. (Genesis 3:16-17) #1
The God of the Bible decrees that woman must submit to the dominance of man.
“The social and legal position of an Israelite wife was inferior to the position a wife occupied in the great countries round about… all the texts show that Israelites wanted mainly sons to perpetuate the family line and fortune, and to preserve the ancestral inheritance… A husband could divorce his wife; women on the other hand could not ask for divorce.. #2
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It’s not up to: Your friend, husband or wife, your parent’s, pastor, etc. 
IT’S UP TO YOU AND YOUR CONCEPT OF YOUR HIGHER POWER, GOD, ETERNAL TRUTH, ETERNAL SPIRIT THAT LIVES IN YOU, etc.
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Sep 26

Christians Debate Human Origins………….

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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

Sep 28

THE CREATION STORIES AND THE BIG BANG THEORY…

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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

 Genesis 1: 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

 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.

 The rambling tribal gypsies (later called the Jews) began to orally gather their impressions about their tribal gods as they ran into other tribes who described their god or gods.  At times they were enslaved and forced to worship these new tribal gods.  In time they began to believe their tribal god was over all other tribal gods.  They kept adding to and/or changing their ideas about their god until they concluded that their God was the only god and they were his chosen people.  They accepted hundreds of rules, laws, blood sacrifices, etc. until they finally begin to listen to the prophets.  The prophet Micah reportedly stated that the
 
Lord only required three things of them:  
 
“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Mh 6:8)
 
THE ETERNAL ONE DOES NOT CHANGE, BUT HOPEFULLY OUR FAITH CHANGES AS WE COME TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS BEING THROUGH STUDY, SCIENCE, PRAYER AND MEDITATION.
 
Then comes this Jesus who is reported to be the Son of the ETERNAL ONE who by his life, words and actions in human form points us to the ETERNAL SPIRIT.  When asked why he had come he is reported to have said in John 10:10:
 
“The Thief comes to steal, kill and destroy; I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly.”
 
Coming next time:
 
Near the end of his ministry on earth Jesus reportedly said that the he must leave but would send the Holy Spirit to comfort and lead us to a greater understanding of the kingdom of Heaven (God) and that we no longer had to look for the kingdom because it was already within us.
 
Also, St. Paul talked about dying daily so that the Holy Spirit could lead us daily.   Is that why Jesus stated earlier to take no thought for tomorrow, LIVE FULLY DAILY?
 
 
“The Bible tells you how to go to Heaven, not how the Heavens go.”
 
 
 
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Jul 11

WHAT’S IN THE BIBLE, PART I.

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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)

GOD IS CALLED BY MANY NAMES.  THE GOD OF MOSES SAID, “I AM” HAS SENT YOU (Exds 3:14).  EVERYONE THAT USES  THE NAME OF “GOD” HAS THEIR OWN CONCEPT OF HIM.  “God did this,” “God told me,” “God is going to send you to Hell,” etc.  “I AM,” “THE SPIRIT OF THE UNIVERSE,” “THE ULTIMATE CAUSE,”  “THE TRUTH,” etc., may be better ways to describe
who we are talking about.
WHETHER ONE BELIEVES THE CREATION STORY FOUND IN GENESIS OR NOT, ISN’T IT OBVIOUS THAT HUMAN BEINGS DOMINATE THE PHYSICAL EARTH?  IF THE EARTH IS TO CHANGE FOR BETTER OR WORSE, WE (you and me) HAVE TO DO IT.
Gns1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth,b and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

1:31God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

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

2 http://www.google.com/search?q=when+did+writing+begin&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=&rlz=1I7ADFA_en

3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_God

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Sep 21

UNDERSTANDING HUMANITY AND THE UNIVERSE…

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“Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.

We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened.

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.”

For more of his quotes click on:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pierreteil156692.html

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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.

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“Search to know the Truth
And the Truth will set You Free.”
(my aim is not to convince, but to share what I have found for your consideration. – mackie)
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Jul 24

HUMANITY AND THE UNIVERSE….

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“Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.

We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened.

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.”

 
For more of his quotes click on:
 
 http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/pierreteil156692.html

 

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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.

 
For more about his life and works click on:
 
 
“Search to know the Truth
And the Truth will set You Free.”
(my aim is not to convince, but to share what I have found for your consideration. – mackie)
 
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