RE: An argument against Adam and Eve
July 31, 2011 at 11:49 am
(This post was last modified: July 31, 2011 at 3:57 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
"The Sumerian Epic of Creation and Genesis both have the interesting feature of being scientifically accurate in terms of what was created first. In creating a world, you begin with energy (light), form the planet itself, divide the land from the water, grow grass, herbs, fruit (in that order), initiate day/night and seasons, create fish, fowl, cattle, creeping thing and beasts of the earth (again, in that order), until finally you create man"
Taken from that link...wtf is this guy talking about lol? " grow grass, herbs, fruit (in that order),".....the oldest grass specimen we have dates to roughly the extinction of dinosaurs, not old by any means, and definitely not the first plant. It's always this crazy isn't it?
Grasses themselves were newcomers 65 million years ago, and their most punctuated moments of expansion have occurred since the rise of man. We have been instrumental in their global spread to an estimated 20% vegetative coverage of earth. Fitting, of all food crops grown, 70% are grasses, three of which (rice, wheat, and maize) provide more than 50% of all calories consumed by human beings. Cereal grains are the major contributor of carbohydrates to our diet, and it has also been argued that they are the single greatest source of protein. And then we have Sugarcane..need I say more?
This point may have been more valid if it stated that "(Man) grew grasses, herbs, and fruit (in that order)" Indeed I would argue that this is exactly the narrative that the author is trying to convey, by means of a literary device called "God"
Taken from that link...wtf is this guy talking about lol? " grow grass, herbs, fruit (in that order),".....the oldest grass specimen we have dates to roughly the extinction of dinosaurs, not old by any means, and definitely not the first plant. It's always this crazy isn't it?
Grasses themselves were newcomers 65 million years ago, and their most punctuated moments of expansion have occurred since the rise of man. We have been instrumental in their global spread to an estimated 20% vegetative coverage of earth. Fitting, of all food crops grown, 70% are grasses, three of which (rice, wheat, and maize) provide more than 50% of all calories consumed by human beings. Cereal grains are the major contributor of carbohydrates to our diet, and it has also been argued that they are the single greatest source of protein. And then we have Sugarcane..need I say more?
This point may have been more valid if it stated that "(Man) grew grasses, herbs, and fruit (in that order)" Indeed I would argue that this is exactly the narrative that the author is trying to convey, by means of a literary device called "God"
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