Posts Tagged ‘ Fundamentalist ’

Oh Damn! Noah’s Drunk and Naked Again.

As a last look, before we leave Noah in the dusty pages of Genesis, let’s have an in-depth look at his drinking problem and how his grandson suffered for it.  Personally, I find this chapter a fascinating study of the man who God considered righteous enough not to murder in the great genocide, the best [ READ MORE ]

Young Earth Creationism, a Rant.

I’ve been a student of history for the last 20 years. I completely fell in love with the first history book I read: Thomas Costain’s The Conquering Family and close to 200 books or recorded lectures followed that first introduction.  From ancient Greece to Jared Diamond’s Collapse, from a study of the Roman Empire to [ READ MORE ]

The Flood 3, When God so Loved the World that He Murdered Nearly Everybody

And the flood came.  All but eight died so the world was finally cleansed of its evil diversity and free thought, rid of its differences and disagreements.  Like some fictional communistic dystopia, dissension was crushed and everyone thought as one.  Only eight survived, and these fearfully worshipped their dark God, cravenly offering sacrifices and promising to [ READ MORE ]

The Flood, Part Two. How to Build a Rather Large Boat.

God is pissed. I mean, really pissed, murder every bastard on the planet pissed.  We’re not sure why, exactly. Oh, he keep mentions lawlessness, corruption and the  depravity of mortals, but I think this translates roughly to “No one is doing what I say, Dammit!”  And if mythology teaches us anything, it’s that deities get [ READ MORE ]

The Flood, Part One. God is Pissed, Really Really Pissed.

Why did god flood the earth[ READ MORE ]

Begat, blah,blah, Begat, blah blah. Enough already!

X begat Y begat Z, etc., ad infinitum. Holy shit, this is boring.  Remember that book “Who’s Who in American High Schools”?  Where you would pay a small fee to a minor company and they would print every accomplishment you were even possibly willing to pay for.  That’s a close approximation of what we have [ READ MORE ]

Cain and Abel — Christianity’s First Dysfunctional Family.

Ah, the magnificent story of Cain and Abel.  Jealousy, rejection, murder, incest, banishment, a curse from an invisible being, sex, drugs and Rock and Roll. O.K. not drugs and Rock and Roll. But dudes, this story has almost everything else!  Nearly every conflict that humans can engage in, and all in about 25 lines. The [ READ MORE ]

The Nuts and Bolts of Creation (Why are there far more nuts gathered around this topic than bolts?) Genesis, Chapters 1-3

“In the beginning, God took a coconut and smeared it with the dingle berries off his Chihuahua’s butt.  Man arose”… Wait!  That’s not it.  Sorry, wrong myth. “In the beginning, when God created the heaven and the earth…”  Yes, here it is!  The great creation myth of the western literary tradition.  Myths, actually.  Were you [ READ MORE ]

And Finally, the Beginning.

Here we are, finally, at the beginning.  A fine place to start, but not the only place, as anyone who has watched “Pulp Fiction” can attest.  But I’m old- fashioned, or simply not smart enough, so chapter one it is. The creation myth of Genesis is one of the most widely known on earth.  It [ READ MORE ]

In the Beginning… The “Story” of Creation.

Ah, here we are, Genesis 1,1.  The beginning.  The origin.  Creation itself!  This is an obvious and fine place to start.  But let’s pause on the brink here, take a breath and collect our thoughts before we dive in.  It’s going to be a long journey. Fascinating stuff, this creation, but what direction are we [ READ MORE ]

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