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From: "James a. Mulick, PhD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sarah,
Everybody knows that Genesis is just a primitive Middle Eastern myth.
Here's what really happened.
In the beginning there was the void. And the void was called Ginnungagap.
What does Ginnungagap mean? Yawning gap, beginning gap, gap with magical
potential, mighty gap; these are a few of the educated guesses. Along with
the void existed Niflheim the land of fog and ice in the north and
Muspelheim the land of fire in the south. There seems to be a bit of
confusion as to whether or not these existed after Ginnungagap or along
side of it from the beginning.
In Niflheim was a spring called Hvergelmir from which the Elivagar (eleven
rivers - Svol, Gunnthra, Fiorm, Fimbulthul, Slidr, Hrid, Sylg, Ylg, Vid,
Leiptr, and Gioll) flowed. The Elivargar froze layer upon layer until it
filled in the northerly portion of the gap. Concurrently the southern
portion was being filled by sparks and molten material from Muspelheim.
The mix of fire and ice caused part of the Elivagar to melt forming the
figures Ymir the primeval giant and the cow Audhumla. The cow's milk was
Ymir's food. While Ymir slept his under arm sweat begat two frost giants,
one male one female, while his two legs begat another male.
While Ymir was busy procreating Audhumla was busy eating. Her nourishment
came from licking the salty ice. Her incessant licking formed the god
Buri. He had a son named Bor who was the father of Odin, Vili, and Ve.
For some reason the sons of Bor decided to kill poor Ymir. His blood
caused a flood which killed all of the frost giants except for two,
Bergelmir and his wife, who escaped the deluge in their boat.
Odin, Vili, and Ve put Ymir's corpse into the middle of ginnungagap and
created the earth and sky from it. They also created the stars, sun, and
moon from sparks coming out of Muspelheim.
Finally, the brothers happened upon two logs lying on the beach and
created the first two humans Ask [Ash] and Embla [vine?] from them.
James A. Mulick, Ph.D. Professor, Pediatrics & Psychology The Ohio State
University
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From: Sarah Blum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have enjoyed this animal rights discussion although I can't add anything
to it except to say my sympathy lies with the non-human animals more than it
does with Homo sapien animals, who are very much in need of civilizing.
And I do have a question for anyone who can answer it? How can Christians
reconcile the creation story with science and evolution which I believe is
as unambiguous as the increase in global warming being mostly man made,
which they also deny to all the evidence that clearly proves life began
about 4 billion years as primordial slime just as the universe burst into
being some 14 billion years ago?
Sarah
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