Further to the well-known French tradition of upsetting religious sensibilities, last month’s Olympic opening ceremony in Paris provided us with one of the most unique depictions of Jesus in art that Europe has ever produced.
Brilliant, brilliant essay. Congratulations. “Point 1. Adam and Eve” is the most interesting one. But the myth has another interpretation that you are not considering. The ancient Hebrews were, most probably, proto-Darwinian. Genesis includes the creation of Adam, and then Eden. Adam and Eve did have belly buttons, but they did not look quite human (as Lucas Cranach the Elder paints them).
The Bible describes the first hominins to become human but not the only Homo erectus individuals on Earth. “Their eyes were opened”. Interpreting the myth like that makes a lot more sense. It is the beginning of consciousness and the onset of humanity. That perspective explains many other nonsensical Christian mysteries. Like Cain’s wife, and Cain building a city in the land of Nod, East of Eden. Adam gave names to the animals, and Eve talked to him. Language. That is the beginning of meta cognition (the emergent human addition to sentience).
I have a theory of consciousness (included in Kuhn’s Landscape). It is based on language, as is the myth (and Wittgenstein’s Tractatus).
4/10 comment. although it reeks of intellectual grandstanding, some of your points were interesting. I would urge you to reassess your writing style as it comes rather arrogant and unnecessarily verbose. a true sign of intellect is being able to take complex ideas and make them more digestible, not take simple ideas and make the vague and complex. you strike me as intelligent enough to be above average, but insecure enough need to resort to complex language to hide the fact that your points seem rather erratic and shallow.
The movie The Book of Clarence pokes fun at the Caucasian Jesus trope!
Brilliant, brilliant essay. Congratulations. “Point 1. Adam and Eve” is the most interesting one. But the myth has another interpretation that you are not considering. The ancient Hebrews were, most probably, proto-Darwinian. Genesis includes the creation of Adam, and then Eden. Adam and Eve did have belly buttons, but they did not look quite human (as Lucas Cranach the Elder paints them).
The Bible describes the first hominins to become human but not the only Homo erectus individuals on Earth. “Their eyes were opened”. Interpreting the myth like that makes a lot more sense. It is the beginning of consciousness and the onset of humanity. That perspective explains many other nonsensical Christian mysteries. Like Cain’s wife, and Cain building a city in the land of Nod, East of Eden. Adam gave names to the animals, and Eve talked to him. Language. That is the beginning of meta cognition (the emergent human addition to sentience).
I have a theory of consciousness (included in Kuhn’s Landscape). It is based on language, as is the myth (and Wittgenstein’s Tractatus).
Thank you for the article.
4/10 comment. although it reeks of intellectual grandstanding, some of your points were interesting. I would urge you to reassess your writing style as it comes rather arrogant and unnecessarily verbose. a true sign of intellect is being able to take complex ideas and make them more digestible, not take simple ideas and make the vague and complex. you strike me as intelligent enough to be above average, but insecure enough need to resort to complex language to hide the fact that your points seem rather erratic and shallow.