Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Genesis Thoughts
While reading the Genesis, I felt that I was getting a total relapse of the past. The words are awfully repetitive and they are presented in a way that is incredibly proper (truthfully, it reminded me of Shakespeare). The same phrases are constantly being used and reused, such as “…it was good”. It also reminds me of the past because they say that women are a part of men, and that they belong to men. I feel that if a judge were to pull the Genesis out in court and use it, I would start laughing. No one can prove what happened in the past. No one was there to see the Creation happen, if it even did, and we weren’t there to know if we evolved from apes. Evolution and Creation should both be taught in school so we can create our own opinions on where we come from. The Genesis and ideas of Evolution are both important because from raw materials we can form our opinions.
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I completely agree that if a judge were to use this document as a reference in a court case, he would be laughed at. Separation of church and state is a major point of our constitution, correct me if i am wrong, but the court is a part of the "state".
How do you feel about "God" allowing man to name all of the things, and having the woman be a part of man, owned by man?
i agree because no one knows what happened in the past unless they have been there. why not learn both if we don't know which one actually happened. the words also remind me of shakespeare.
I think the reason that you kept having the same words thrown at you over and over again was to solidify that God is the best and he is all powerful, and that there can be a bit of a translation error.
As I said in my blog the debate of why the shift happened between the sexes, is because uneducated people tried to interpret the Bible.
And I agree with Fischer's comment on the fact that there is a separation between church and state(and yes the Judicial System is apart of the state). But if there was no separation between church and state the Bible would be a legit document.
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