Really enjoyed these myths stories as a kid; it's interesting to see where they may have originated. Just a correction - the bull or ox you may have seen in a "Christian nativity scene" would never have been depicted as a god or a supernatural being as was worshiped in surrounding Mediterranean cultures. Jesus is the focus of the nativity scenes. One day all animals will live peaceably together as will all humans when He comes again, this time to rule and reign in peace on this earth. Now if you went to the Book of Genesis you would see the Hebrews taking leave of their common sense as they created a golden calf to worship in imitation of their Near Eastern neighbors. They just were too impatient while waiting for their leader, Moses, to come down off that mountain as he was having an encounter with the One True God!
Posted by: Melanie | October 20, 2009 at 05:44 AM
Kyle
In the author's defense he never says anything about the bull being worshiped in the nativity scene, just that it was there. And there are many other instances of bulls being worshiped in ancient Israel as when golden bulls were set up in Dan and Bethel by the first northern king, Jeroboam.
Posted by: Kyle | October 20, 2009 at 09:01 AM
Reed
I think it more likely that the myth led to the labyrinth in a physical sense. Myths, among other things, are after all, inspiration for aspiration.
Posted by: Reed | October 20, 2009 at 09:34 AM
Coughing Monkey
If myth did not exist it would be necessary for mankind to invent myth.
Posted by: Coughing Monkey | October 20, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Telanis
Attempt to link Christianity with paganism: FAIL. There are much easier ways to do so ...
Posted by: Telanis | October 20, 2009 at 11:11 AM
john
Christianity was built on Paganism...an easy read here. http://www.pocm.info/
Posted by: john | October 20, 2009 at 01:13 PM
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Trying out an experiment here. I think it'll be interesting for us to try to visualize the meanderings of the mind through an alternative medium, so I put together this representation. This took me hours to compile from web images I was searching, but I really wanted to bring the visual aspect out of the dreams. Click on this link to see a visual representation of a dream series, sans narration. The dream is chaotic, filled with conflicting images of innocence and violence, which it struggles to shake off through the channeling of its emotion into the sexual, which is purgative. It ends in a kind of rebirth that cleanses the violent emotion by recreating the inner universe through a wedding of the eros and thanatos, channeling their conflicting energies into a balance that is acceptable to the rational mind.
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Review Showed You want your financial rewards, now:
Review Showed You don't like people to underestimate you.
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Although personal, we do already know this important information about you Sarah, and upon reviewing such information we see that a wealth cycle is opening up in the next two months and we also see that you are not fully prepared to take advantage of this exciting time.
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reminder
Science is Fiction brings a substantial survey to American audiences. Science is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painlevé, is available through Criterion beginning April 21.
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SODOM AND GOMORRAH
New York Times, Sunday, 17 December 1995, p. 13
Geologists Zero In on Sodom and Lot's Wife
LONDON, Dec. 16 (Reuters) - Geologists say they have pinpointed the probable site of the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and worked out a theory of why Lot's wife was reported to have ended up as a pillar of salt.
The findings by two British geologists working in Canada were printed in the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology on Friday.
The geologists, Graham Harris and Anthony Beardow, analyzed local soil and rock to conclude that Sodom and Gomorrah were probably located on a Dead Sea peninsula.
While the rough location of the cities has long been suspected, the authors said they used the latest geological thinking to trace them to a specific peninsula and work out the reason they vanished around 1900 B.C.
"This is an attempt to use modern geological perspectives to look into a very racy story, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and solve a fascinating historical problem," said Peter Styles of the Journal staff.
According to the Old Testament, the cities were destroyed by fire and brimstone in retribution for the sinfulness of their residents. Since Lot was considered a good man, he was warned of God's punishment. However, his wife disobeyed the sole condition of not looking back and was transformed into a pillar of salt.
The geologists said.that Lot's wife did not appear to turn into a pillar of salt because she dared to look back but because of the briny nature of the Dead Sea. But the research shows it was more likely a case of mistaken identity. Mr. Harris said by telephone from Canada that the Dead Sea was full of salt floes that might have been thrown up by surging water to resemble a female outline." Hence legend is created out of what can now be explained as a simple geological phenomenon," he said.
Saturated soil and highly flammable bitumen, rather than God's wrath, was apparently behind the demise of the cities, the report said.
"The area is made up of rock types which, when subjected to a large earthquake, will actually liquefy, like shaking up a bottle of sauce," Mr. Styles said. "Theirs is a great story but if, as they suggest, the whole city was destroyed and collapsed into the sea, I don't know how much would be left to dig up."
[MAP] The Dead Sea is divided into two basins. El Lisan Peninsula, where the geologists believe Sodom was located, separates the basins at the sea's narrowest point.
Their analysis suggests it was used as a crossing point to ship salt to the Mediterranean and Egypt. Locals were also involved in risky bitumen mining, according to the Journal, meaning fire would have been a constant hazard in what was an earthquake zone. That would help explain the biblical references to the fiery destruction of the two cities.
Mr. Harris said it was impossible to tell if an earthquake set off the so-called liquefaction process he believes swallowed up the cities, but he said archeologists and engineers should join forces to put the 4,000-year mystery to rest.
"The enigma will never ever be resolved until artifacts can be rediscovered that can be positively identified to those cities," he said.
Geologists Zero In on Sodom and Lot's Wife
LONDON, Dec. 16 (Reuters) - Geologists say they have pinpointed the probable site of the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and worked out a theory of why Lot's wife was reported to have ended up as a pillar of salt.
The findings by two British geologists working in Canada were printed in the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology on Friday.
The geologists, Graham Harris and Anthony Beardow, analyzed local soil and rock to conclude that Sodom and Gomorrah were probably located on a Dead Sea peninsula.
While the rough location of the cities has long been suspected, the authors said they used the latest geological thinking to trace them to a specific peninsula and work out the reason they vanished around 1900 B.C.
"This is an attempt to use modern geological perspectives to look into a very racy story, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and solve a fascinating historical problem," said Peter Styles of the Journal staff.
According to the Old Testament, the cities were destroyed by fire and brimstone in retribution for the sinfulness of their residents. Since Lot was considered a good man, he was warned of God's punishment. However, his wife disobeyed the sole condition of not looking back and was transformed into a pillar of salt.
The geologists said.that Lot's wife did not appear to turn into a pillar of salt because she dared to look back but because of the briny nature of the Dead Sea. But the research shows it was more likely a case of mistaken identity. Mr. Harris said by telephone from Canada that the Dead Sea was full of salt floes that might have been thrown up by surging water to resemble a female outline." Hence legend is created out of what can now be explained as a simple geological phenomenon," he said.
Saturated soil and highly flammable bitumen, rather than God's wrath, was apparently behind the demise of the cities, the report said.
"The area is made up of rock types which, when subjected to a large earthquake, will actually liquefy, like shaking up a bottle of sauce," Mr. Styles said. "Theirs is a great story but if, as they suggest, the whole city was destroyed and collapsed into the sea, I don't know how much would be left to dig up."
[MAP] The Dead Sea is divided into two basins. El Lisan Peninsula, where the geologists believe Sodom was located, separates the basins at the sea's narrowest point.
Their analysis suggests it was used as a crossing point to ship salt to the Mediterranean and Egypt. Locals were also involved in risky bitumen mining, according to the Journal, meaning fire would have been a constant hazard in what was an earthquake zone. That would help explain the biblical references to the fiery destruction of the two cities.
Mr. Harris said it was impossible to tell if an earthquake set off the so-called liquefaction process he believes swallowed up the cities, but he said archeologists and engineers should join forces to put the 4,000-year mystery to rest.
"The enigma will never ever be resolved until artifacts can be rediscovered that can be positively identified to those cities," he said.
CREATION AND EVOLUTION
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
WHERE'S THE SUN OBAMA?!
,said the clueless imbecile that calls his self Allstater21. So let me get this straight, Im on Obama's dick because his policys made so much more sense than Mccain's that a 2nd grader cound see it; and I voted for him? I guess all of my jewish and white co-workers voted for him because hes black aswell. Nothing he says makes any since, every1 voted for him becuz hes black. And you have the nerve to talk about some1 pulling the race card? Get a clue you fuckin genius...Your stupidity is scary.
Allstater21 (4 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
you are the steryotypical Oboma dick sucker MADEKING....you try to pull the race card when if Oboma and McCain looked the same you wouldnt no who to vote for...instead you vote for Oboma because of his color im sure and try to make people insecure about their voting because of race.....ure the fuckin racist one....sorry i didnt vote for the "nigga" or watever....he's just takin my family's money and lettin terrorists go...no biggie
MADEKINGZ007 (5 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
Get off Mccain's shrivled dick devil98sammie; and all the rest of you haters. He lost...He's a fkn looser. Him and Bush are in Texas sitting in rocking chairs chewing tabacco...Now salute your new President and Commander in Chief...now kill yourselves.
angel98sammie (6 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
fuck you mcCain is the better choice
angel98sammie (6 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
i love john mcCain obama's brother is a terrorist in africa did ya know that?
risingfilms (8 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
Bottom line is Obama is our president, so we have to deal with it. So i say welcome to the USSA United Socialist States of America. Thank u mr. hussien, thank u. Also, did it occur to anyone that his first two names resemble those of two major terrorists? Can someone say anti christ?
DarknessSourroundsMe (10 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
BOO YAH THAT IS THE WAY TO GO WOOT!!!!
DxCream (21 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
huckabee would make a great president.
and obama wants to do what FDR did during the depression...fyi, what FDR was what made the depression worsen..
thought obama was supposed to be this god, a fucking mesiah if you will. WHY IS IT STILL RAINING IN PORTLAND!? WHERE'S THE SUN OBAMA?!
IraMcGurkin (1 day ago) 0 Reply | Spam
There's no hate like lib hate.
blondeypunk101 (1 day ago) 0 Reply | Spam
Amazing! I love it! Thank you for uploading, so funny and true
Allstater21 (4 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
you are the steryotypical Oboma dick sucker MADEKING....you try to pull the race card when if Oboma and McCain looked the same you wouldnt no who to vote for...instead you vote for Oboma because of his color im sure and try to make people insecure about their voting because of race.....ure the fuckin racist one....sorry i didnt vote for the "nigga" or watever....he's just takin my family's money and lettin terrorists go...no biggie
MADEKINGZ007 (5 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
Get off Mccain's shrivled dick devil98sammie; and all the rest of you haters. He lost...He's a fkn looser. Him and Bush are in Texas sitting in rocking chairs chewing tabacco...Now salute your new President and Commander in Chief...now kill yourselves.
angel98sammie (6 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
fuck you mcCain is the better choice
angel98sammie (6 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
i love john mcCain obama's brother is a terrorist in africa did ya know that?
risingfilms (8 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
Bottom line is Obama is our president, so we have to deal with it. So i say welcome to the USSA United Socialist States of America. Thank u mr. hussien, thank u. Also, did it occur to anyone that his first two names resemble those of two major terrorists? Can someone say anti christ?
DarknessSourroundsMe (10 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
BOO YAH THAT IS THE WAY TO GO WOOT!!!!
DxCream (21 hours ago) 0 Reply | Spam
huckabee would make a great president.
and obama wants to do what FDR did during the depression...fyi, what FDR was what made the depression worsen..
thought obama was supposed to be this god, a fucking mesiah if you will. WHY IS IT STILL RAINING IN PORTLAND!? WHERE'S THE SUN OBAMA?!
IraMcGurkin (1 day ago) 0 Reply | Spam
There's no hate like lib hate.
blondeypunk101 (1 day ago) 0 Reply | Spam
Amazing! I love it! Thank you for uploading, so funny and true
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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