RE: For those who believe the god of abraham was behind the big bang or evolution
October 18, 2018 at 6:37 am
(This post was last modified: October 18, 2018 at 6:45 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It's clear that the compilers of genesis (and the rest of old magic book) did not intend the story to be taken literally - even though people ended up doing so. Bit like atlantis in that regard. In any case, there is no god to recant genesis, god didn't write it to begin with, and the people who did....didn't know shit.
The details of creation were unimportant to them, anyway, what mattered was having a narrative that expressed their belief that god had A Plan™.
The people, today, who argue for literalism in genesis, are feckless and faithless individuals. Their god, if their god is legit, is the god of this world. He "did shit" exactly as we see it in this world, if he "did shit". If gods exist, their existence is a concurrent truth alongside biology. If we have to declare one false in order to maintain the cogency of the other...then it's their stupid rendition of a god that's going to get the axe.
A more critical reading would leave a person with the impression that..rather than being the "beginning of everything" - genesis was the beginning of their cultural awareness...the dreamtime at the start of their oral history. The world is made and then populated..with their tribe and with the Other™ in short order..and what immediately follows is a psuedo-historical establishment legend. The readers digest version;
"We used to be nekkid and frolicking around in the sticks..then a bunch of bullshit happened, and now here we are."
The details of creation were unimportant to them, anyway, what mattered was having a narrative that expressed their belief that god had A Plan™.
The people, today, who argue for literalism in genesis, are feckless and faithless individuals. Their god, if their god is legit, is the god of this world. He "did shit" exactly as we see it in this world, if he "did shit". If gods exist, their existence is a concurrent truth alongside biology. If we have to declare one false in order to maintain the cogency of the other...then it's their stupid rendition of a god that's going to get the axe.
A more critical reading would leave a person with the impression that..rather than being the "beginning of everything" - genesis was the beginning of their cultural awareness...the dreamtime at the start of their oral history. The world is made and then populated..with their tribe and with the Other™ in short order..and what immediately follows is a psuedo-historical establishment legend. The readers digest version;
"We used to be nekkid and frolicking around in the sticks..then a bunch of bullshit happened, and now here we are."
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