Origin myth

In Jones short selection of “The Decent of Men”, he is taking Darwin’s theories about “Of Sexual Selection and Natural Selection” and I would say updating them and not creating something altogether new. The difference that I see is that Jones has new information to add because so much time has passed since Darwin wrote his book. We have learned that the population of men is descending, or is not as favorable as it once was by pure observation. Jones takes Darwin’s idea of the battle of men…

What are the obstacles in our churches that keep creation care detained and how could this impact the advance of the gospel? There are many obstacles that holding the church back from being a helping hand in the care of creation. In an article called We Hug Trees for Jesus we find a number of issues that face the church today. First we see there is a problem with how “Christian Environmentalist” relay our Biblical responsibility to the earth. Second though they are passionate about the need to…

what it means. It’s the beginning, how we and everything around us came to be. Throughout this comparison response I will explore a variety of cultural creation stories ranging from; Greek mythology and Christianity to Norse, Apache and Australian myths. Different religions and cultures have established their own explanation to life. There was once a time before us when the universe was a vast, void, space, and light, along with everything else, was non-existent. It was like this for, no-one…

Cultures around the world have different ideas on how they were made. These creation myths have ben passed down through these societies and are a big part of whom they are. Creation Myths can provide a window into each individual culture and what they do or do not value. Even the gender of the deity can be a sign of either a patriarchal or matriarchal culture. For example, the Huron creation legend shows that they value the woman and her relationship with nature. On the other hand, Genesis 1-2…

time in obsessing over a safe path to choose; we will have to trust that whatever room we decide to enter, that we commit ourselves fully in the opportunities before us. While it is firmly established that Sisyphus is doomed for all eternity, the myth does not fully provide an opportunity to fully understand Sisyphus’ perception of his fate. Perhaps he is…

Since the beginning of time, all living creatures have strived to hold the most power in their environment. The tyrannosaurus rex dominated the prehistoric era with its size and strength and the lion controls the jungle with its strength, speed, and hunting ability. Humans control everything that surrounds them and always strive to conquer more. This drive for power and control lead to many great empires as well as the fall of those empires, Rome is a prominent example of how too much power…

The universe has undergone a long and arduous transformation from its beginning. A simple explosion of dust led to the creation of everything. This transformation resulted in the creation of millions of cosmic entities such as stars and galaxies. As incredible as the creation of these celestial beings are, there is something more exciting that it created; us. Along with these collections of stars and dust, comes the planet Earth and its ability to create and foster life. In the book Journey of…

It is only natural for one to be struck with curiosity about life; particularly, past life events that simply have no way of being proved. It is easy to recognize the existence of some things due to items such as artifacts, bones, etc., being preserved—but how could one possibly manifest the truth of a story? Where do you draw the line between a tall tale that was created to teach a lesson and a factual event? For example, the great flood. Civilizations and cultures all around the world have…

Absurdity Wears a Raincoat Name two key distinctions (religion vs. rationality) Both have a notion of the absurd: Camus 's notion of the absurd rests upon the understanding that there is a futility in life yet we continue to live on, despite knowing full well that ultimately life is not a game that may ever be won. Part of what makes this even more of an absurd notion is that introspective man will more or less realize that ultimately never get anything from it other than being able to…

If we assume that Nathanial Hawthorne’s story “Rappaccini’s Daughter” is an allegory of the Genesis creation story, then the meaning of the story can be seen in an entirely new light. Traditionally, authors interpreted the story to be a warning against the dangers of science. However, modern authors have begun to interpret the story as an allegory of the Genesis creation story. While the two stories do not share a parallel structure, “Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Nathanial Hawthorne and the Genesis…