The Facebook of Genesis

This had me ROFLMAO! Full story here.

Also see: The Story of Creation (via Twitter)

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Was Jesus Black, Jewish, Italian, Californian, American Indian, Irish, or a Woman?

There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was Black:
1. He called everyone brother
2. He liked Gospel
3. He didn't get a fair trial
But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Jewish:
1. He went into His Father's business
2. He lived at home until he was 33
3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his Mother was sure He was God
But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Italian:
1. He talked with His hands
2. He had wine with His meals
3. He used olive oil
But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was a Californian:
1. He never cut His hair
2. He walked around barefoot all the time
3. He started a new religion
But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was an American
Indian:
1. He was at peace with nature
2. He ate a lot of fish
3. He talked about the Great Spirit
But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Irish:
1. He never got married.
2. He was always telling stories.
3. He loved green pastures.

But the most compelling evidence of all - 3 proofs that Jesus was a woman:
1. He fed a crowd at a moment's notice when there was virtually no food
2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn't
get it
3. And even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was still work to do

Source.

Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene

Too good to not share!

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Would Jesus discriminate?

A certain Singapore transgender named Ms Chor Lor, whom I absolutely adore (I don't know her personally, but she inspired me to start blogging, truth be told), recently blogged "Would Jesus discriminate?"

People will always say, gays are not accepted, homosexuals are not accepted, but seriously, if we were to come face to face with Jesus now, will he really discriminate? Or it is just these people themselves who are discriminating in the name of another?

The full article that inspired Ms Chor Lor's blog post can be found here:

Gay-friendly church asks 'Would Jesus discriminate?'

It's something to think about, for christians and non-christians alike.

Original Sin of Adam & Eve in The Garden of Eden as Cause of Random Disorder & Law of Entropy

Remember when I was asking where did Cain & Abel get their wives from? And I figured they must have married a sibling since they were basically the first humans on earth, apart from Adam & Eve.

Yes I could have googled it and gotten instant answers [see pic at right]. But if I googled everything, that would interfere with the whole exploratory nature of this journey, wouldn't it?

I spoke to a staunch Christian friend recently, and yes, apparently it is widely known that Cain & Abel probably married their sisters.

The same Christian friend also agreed that Adam & Eve were indeed apes - they've been taught this since young. This was an enlightening moment for me! Here I was worried for nothing that the young christians of the world were hero-worshipping Caucasian-looking gods and first humans and all.

I'm still stuck at Genesis 4 and haven't gone past it yet. Today I came across this wonderful article which also explains the current topic we're on (which explains the title of today's post) - same questions being asked:

Q: Where did Cain get his wife?
Adam begat MANY children and some had migrated into the land of Nod long BEFORE Cain arrived and ‘knew his wife’. He simply married one of his ‘cousins’ who was ALREADY there.

There's a very good explanation as to why incest/ inbreeding was "OK" for the first humans:

...after “The Fall” and their expulsion from the Garden, the earth and the environment were still near-pristine. This accounts for their longevity (Adam lived 930 years) and the long lives of the early patriarchs as well. Genetically, they and their progeny were still near perfection (no mutant genes), which allowed the necessary intermarriage of near kin to populate the earth according to God’s edict.

There's more:

God just informed the “mud-people” they’re going to DIE (the Law of Entropy)! They would also know pain and sorrow: God told Eve (Mother of all living) that she would bear children in PAIN. Pain was something new too. (Genesis 3:16 - ‘… in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and [but] he shall rule over thee.’)

That her “desire” (not sexual in this instance) shall be to [for] her husband means that FROM NOW ON, she will want to be the BOSS (no offence, ladies). Naturally, because Adam blew it (his stewardship) back in the Garden when the Serpent tempted Eve. Where was Adam? Why wasn’t he looking after her? Then he blamed the whole thing on HER! How ‘bout that?

Love it, just LOVE it! There's more on pooping, sweating, and feminine intuition. Click here for the entire article.

All Life Is Ultimately Inbred, Zebra or Otherwise

I got a very interesting comment from a Captain Cranium on my last blog post. I shall re-post the comment here, verbatim, because he makes very good points & it's worth a blog post of its own.


( Captain Cranium, by the way, has a very cool website called Cranium's Ark and you should definitely check it out. )

I think you have it right. Whether you subscribe to a creationist or evolutionist view, all life is ultimately inbred, zebra, person or otherwise, since all species had a starting point. (which raises some interesting questions regarding evolution, since you need male and female of the species to produce offspring--we must assume that there was some kind of genetic "backward compatibility" which allowed the pre-zebra to mate with the zebra, as it would seem a long shot at best to hope that the first zebra male and the first zebra female evolved simultaneously, yet separately and within close proximity to one another.

Plus, the bible seldom mentions daughters in the lineage, so the absence of female offspring isn't surprising. Of interest is to note the ages of offspring from Adam to Noah. Except for Methuselah, the ages exhibit a regular decline, which one would expect in a limited gene pool. And an anomaly like Methuselah, isn't surprising also.

Similarly, when the gene pool is significantly limited again, with Noah and his family, the maximum human life becomes 125--again, a not unexpected result from a scientific standpoint, considering the amount of "inbreeding" up to that point. All of which might make one think the authors of the bible were extremely well versed in genetics.

Similarly, when the gene pool is significantly limited again, with Noah and his family, the maximum human life becomes 125--again, a not unexpected result from a scientific standpoint, considering the amount of "inbreeding" up to that point. All of which might make one think the authors of the bible were extremely well versed in genetics.

It's interesting, the more science uncovers, the more the bible gets right. For over 100 years science was certain the universe didn't have a beginning, then Hubble notices the red shift and confirms what a 4000 year old book has been saying all along.

"The more science uncovers, the more the bible gets right" -- perhaps so, I don't doubt the bible has intention to falsify any of earth's records of history.

It's just that, I can't help but have this niggling feeling the bible leaves out a lot of things. It's the whole "I'm not lying, I'm simply withholding the truth".

Over the centuries, I'm pretty sure plenty of things have been misinterpreted, mistranslated and misconstrued.

Cain and Abel.. Where did they get their wives from??

Update: Apparently it's well-understood by anyone who goes to bible school that Cain & Abel did marry their cousins or sisters. (I interviewed many a staunch christian on this matter to get some answers)

As for the matter of incest - as they were the first humans, their bodies were supposedly quite pure and not chock-full of diseases like we are, hence no worries about double recessive genes causing disfigured children with terminal disorders.


I was going to do up a family tree starting from the First Family of Adam & Eve and their offspring Cain & Abel and so forth... You'll have to wait for it another day. It's here.

While re-reading Genesis 4, it hit me loud & clear:

Where did Cain & Abel get their wives from?

If Adam & Eve were the first humans on earth, and Cain & Abel were the first and only offspring of the first humans on earth... Where did the other humans come from?

Namely, the humans that Cain & Abel were taking to be their spouses?

This doesn't make sense.

My best guess is Adam & Eve had more offspring - female children this time. And married them off to their two sons.

I know. INCEST GALORE.

How else to explain this then?

If this is true, then, I'm sorry to say this, but it means every single one of us is an inbred.