EPSC 180 Lecture : Noteset.pdf
27 Mar 2013
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1 creation of the universe, solar sys- tem, planets and satellites. Our myths are the symbolic nar- rative of our traditions, cultures and world views. We shall follow a thread through to our current creation narrative based in empirically testable scienti c metaphors and models. 1. 1. 2 civilized man: religious and cultural mythologies: We might begin our thread with oldest known and preserved writings of mankind from the sumerian mythology: the epic of gilgamesh2. The adventures of this king of uruk (somewhere between 2750 and 2500 bce) lead us to the edge of the creation. Probably near coincidentally in ancient greece a more mechanical creation story forms in which the forces of nature, the gods are serially created from the chaos. The creator god who genesis 1:13 in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth celebrated in the jewish tradition during rosh. 57:4 (q"aran) he is the one who created the heavens and the earth.
