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Taking Fundamentalism to Church
3 years ago

Episode 36: Creationism the Third

Get Thee Behind Me, Felicia; The More You Know

Episode Notes

Get Thee Behind Me, Felicia!

I want to speak a moment about US Representative from the state of Georgia Margery Taylor Greene. This woman makes me want to say some very rude and uncharitable things but I am an adult and will do my best to engage with this subject in a mature way.

Ms. Greene is a white woman from the south that subscribes to several conspiracy theories and has a long history of speaking some extremely heinous things. 

On the floor of the House on February 3, she lied about changing her beliefs and whether she had said these things since being elected. She was rewarded with a standing ovation from the Republican caucus. 

When it came time for the Republicans to vote whether or not to discipline her, they opted not to, prompting Nancy Pelosi to hold a vote of the entirety of the house of representatives. It was only at that point, when the people whose deaths she had actively campaigned for got a say, that she was censured and removed from her posts on the Education and Labor Committee and the Budget Committees.

This woman should be removed from the legislature entirely. She is a danger every day she walks into the Capitol building. With no committee assignments she is now free to wreak havoc in a multitude of ways and has made statements indicating that this is what she wanted - martyrdom and free-time. Isn’t there some saying about idle hands?

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2021/jan/30/closer-look-marjorie-taylor-greene/540696/?bcsubid=5b564e43-821a-4006-a090-c7b307a93c91&pbdialog=reg-wall-login-created-tfp

https://www.wsj.com/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-she-regrets-qanon-comments-11612467411

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2021/02/04/marjorie-taylor-greene-quotes

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jeffhood/congresswoman-majorie-taylor-greene-my-former-sunday-school-teacher/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=FBCP-TCL&fbclid=IwAR1uUX3A6qBv5LaluJ9mbxpbOhYFUa2bCrWtChaqELxJuJNTkXMsihAWv18

The More You Know

Last time we discussed the different kinds of ideas that are classed as Creationism. In this segment we will try to understand the actual reason for all the fuss. 

Let's go back to what Creationists are defending: A literal interpretation of the creation story that starts the Bible. Two stories begin the book of Genesis. One is filled with details about the origins of the universe,  a six day cycle of creation that culminates with the creation of Mankind, male and female and the serious charge that they are stewards of creation, maintaining balance and order. This story tells of  man and woman created simultaneously, of a world where there is no killing for food because all life is vegetarian. 

The second story, In Chapter Two and Three, is about the origin of man, but also about the origin of evil. It starts with the creation of man, and the creation of woman from man, and their being left to tend a special garden with metaphysical trees.

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