The Genesis Theory

Originally posted by KellyJay
I've always viewed Genesis as a historical statement that must either be accepted on its face or rejected through one's faith. I never thought of it as a theory.

I think that it stands better as a mythical statement than a historical. Do not misunderstand me, however. In no sense does the term myth imply that something is untrue. The truth of myth is deep psychologically, but it differs from the truth of history. The reading of myth must be sensitive to metaphor and all orders of tropes, as well as to underlying meaning.

The myth of the fall, for example, is a true memory of the Neolithic Revolution. Here's an interesting reading of science and Biblical text: http://stephenshenfield.net/themes/prehistory/15-driven-from-eden-reassessing-the-neolithic-revolution.

Originally posted by KellyJay
I've always viewed Genesis as a historical statement that must either be accepted on its
face or rejected through one's faith. I never thought of it as a theory.

I agree that Genesis was not written as a theory, but theories are popular with the scientific crowd in today's world. Therefore, some people have come up with the Genesis Theory to counter the Evolution Theory of explanation to attempt to fill in what Genesis does not tell us.

Originally posted by RJHinds
I agree that Genesis was not written as a theory, but theories are popular with the scientific crowd in today's world. Therefore, some people have come up with the Genesis Theory to counter the Evolution Theory of explanation to attempt to fill in what Genesis does not tell us.

Of course it wasn't theory, it was mythology. DUH.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
I think that it stands better as a mythical statement than a historical. Do not misunderstand me, however. In no sense does the term myth imply that something is untrue. The truth of myth is deep psychologically, but it differs from the truth of history. The reading of myth must be sensitive to metaphor and all orders of tropes, as well as to underlyi ...[text shortened]... stephenshenfield.net/themes/prehistory/15-driven-from-eden-reassessing-the-neolithic-revolution.

I got an error on your link.

Originally posted by KellyJay
I got an error on your link.

So did I when I copied the terminal punctuation of the sentence as if it were part of the url. Delete that and the link works.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
So did I when I copied the terminal punctuation of the sentence as if it were part of the url. Delete that and the link works.

Why should we look at your links when you refuse to look at ours?

Originally posted by RJHinds
Why should we look at your links when you refuse to look at ours?

When did I say that I won't look a links?



Never.





I said, "I won't watch videos." Give me something to read. It wastes less time.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
When did I say that I won't look a links?



Never.





I said, "I won't watch videos." Give me something to read. It wastes less time.

However, you put a video up for nobody to watch? Seems strange to me.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
So did I when I copied the terminal punctuation of the sentence as if it were part of the url. Delete that and the link works.

I'll check it out when I have time, little busy now.