1. In the Beginning: Two Stories of Creation In the beginning, about 3,000 years ago*, Jewish desert dwellers in what is present-day southern Israel told a story around campfires about the creation of the first man and first woman. The story they told, and passed on to generations of future desert dwellers, described a pre-creation […]
A ICCEBERG - 5*
Notes on Inherit the Wind Spencer Tracy, playing Harry Drummond (based on Darrow) examines Fredric March, playing Matthew Harrison Brady (based on Bryan) in the 1960 film version of Inherit the Wind
Notes on Inherit the Wind 5* Spencer Tracy, playing Harry Drummond (based on Darrow) examines Fredric March, playing Matthew Harrison Brady (based on Bryan) in the 1960 film version of Inherit the Wind Playwrights Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee wrote Inherit the Wind as a response to the threat to intellectual freedom presented by […]
H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) 5*
Journalist H. L. Mencken described himself as “absolutely devoid of what is called religious feeling.” He attended a Methodist Sunday School as a child but only, he wrote in “The Schooling of a Theologian,” to allow his father—an unbeliever—to have free time for a nap. The human race is so obviously imperfect, he asserted, that […]
The Evolution-Creationism Controversy: Chronology 5*
http://www.famous-trials.com/scopesmonkey/2116-chronology
Putting Evolution on the Defensive: John Nelson Darby, Dwight L. Moody, William B. Riley and the Rise of Fundamentalism in America
by Douglas O. Linder (2005) 5* As Charles Darwin noted in his autobiography, rationalism and skepticism flourished in the latter half of the 1800s among the educated elites. The theory of evolution continued to win new converts, and by the end of the 1800s was accepted dogma at most institutions of higher learning. Natural causes […]
NCBI ROFL: What did God do with Adam’s penis bone? 5* WORTH OF BULLSHIT, BUT GOOD INFO
Congenital human baculum deficiency: the generative bone of Genesis 2:21-23. “Another genetic condition, extending to 100% of human males, is the congenital lack of a baculum. Whereas most mammals (including common species such as dogs and mice) and most other primates (excepting spider monkeys) have a penile bone, human males lack this bone and must […]
Was there an Adam? The Testimony of the Ancient Chinese – PROBABLY NONSENSE BUT GOOD FOR INFO 5*
Consider the Gospel Was there an Adam? The Testimony of the Ancient Chinese A number of the posts I have written have largely rested on the assumption that an ‘Adam’ existed. The posts, ‘The Final Countdown: Embedded in the Beginning’, ‘The Signature of the Virgin Birth’, ‘Corrupted (Part 1) … like Orcs of Middle-Earth’, ‘Corrupted […]
The Character of Eve and Interpretive Misconceptions – Isabella McConley PDF 5*
ADAM AND EVE – by Anu Paulose PDF 5*
Sin can only exist, if God exists, for only God can define sin. – Jahnu Das
https://www.quora.com/Does-sin-exist-or-is-it-just-made-up In the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, four pillars of religion are listed – cleanliness, austerity, compassion, and truthfulness. There is a systematic and well-rounded process to religion, whose foundation is structured on these four pillars. Religion is not simply a matter of faith, nor just a system of morals and ethics, although it is often […]