10月17日
Top 10 Creation Myths
Wow, i guess people actually read these blogs. Or get notified somehow. What a surprise. So rather than whine about another petty annoyance, I'll just post a link to a funny article from a while ago listing a Top 10 of Creation Myths, to illustrate the 'one god further' idea mentioned on this page. A top 10 of many thousands of lovely stories no doubt. The only line I at first didn't agree with in this article of LiveScience was this one: "Scientific research has come a long way since Charles Darwin first posited the concept of "natural selection", an idea as controversial now as it was back in 1859 when it was first published". This is not correct, there really IS no controversy in scientific circles. A more pervasively and solidly confirmed and understood 'theory' from all sides of science is hard to imagine. And yet, somehow, in many places in especially parts of American society this is apparently in doubt and up for discussion. Too bad they don't mention mars-circling teapots, though i guess that's not a creation myth. Well, I am off worshipping the behemoth cow, Auðumbla, She who emerged from the thaw and licked the god Bor and his wife into being. Yup. This one is going to do some great stuff for me, I can feel it! (and yes I know of the beauty and symbolism in these age-old stories, but then let's admire them all, and not just one - well, two actually that appear to be conflicting. And let's certainly not 'believe' them.)