EPSC 180 Chapter Notes -Omnipotence, James Ussher, Kuninotokotachi
16 Dec 2013
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There is a human need to create the story of our own creation. We follow a thread to our current story of creation based on empirically testable scientific metaphors and models. Religious and cultural mythologies: our thread begins from the epic of gilgamesh: adventures of king uruk lead us to the edge of the creation, the western/middle-eastern monotheistic religions: Judaism, christianity islam and their offshoots essentially hold to a common myth: creation of all and its continuing. Management by an omnipotent god who"s name is unspeakable: archbishop usher took the biblical story and calculated the year of creation to 4004bce. Cambridge scientists derived the date to be 9. 00 am on october 26. Other traditions: mayan: the four gods conspire to create humankind and earth. Shinto: kunitokotachi arises as a reed out of the ocean of chaos the first of the gods. China: pangu separating the world egg like hundun.
