tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7087014496825378367.post754294193197587818..comments2024-02-29T04:43:39.190+10:00Comments on A different heresy: Biblical Prophets & Contemporary Environmental Issues By Hilary Marlow Oxford University Press 2009PJtheoLogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427143521929065284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7087014496825378367.post-48086677798612138242013-01-23T09:17:50.701+10:002013-01-23T09:17:50.701+10:00Thanks Annie, the book sounds very interesting. I...Thanks Annie, the book sounds very interesting. I have to admit when I consider the possibility of a gene that could give a random person 'collective' memory, with the inference that there is no God, I find it less plausable than the idea that there is a God. But as a way of explaining a gift from God scientifically, very interesting. If we are drawn into God's life and so also one anothers lives as well then the idea of a person having collective memory is an expression of what it means to be a person in communion with God and others. In fact i think the aim of anemnesis in the liturgy of the church is all about helping people recover the colelctive memory. Thanks for sharing. Peter PJtheoLogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427143521929065284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7087014496825378367.post-30154684098100224562013-01-15T12:25:23.217+10:002013-01-15T12:25:23.217+10:00Just read a really plausible novel called The Prop...Just read a really plausible novel called The Prophesy Gene. In the story the author makes a compelling argument that the biblical prophets weren't people anointed by God, but they were simply people with a rare gene that allowed them to share the memories of everyone whoever lived and also shared the gene. He didn't come right out and say that there is no such thing as God, but he suggested that the collection of all of these memories might be wha god really is. The author is Stuart Schooler. His website is www.stuartschooler.com and there is a link to a blog and a YouTube video (http://vimeo.com/533658950.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900055978347770299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7087014496825378367.post-29792119321824212492012-09-19T19:50:42.832+10:002012-09-19T19:50:42.832+10:00Ouch! I was all ready to whip over to amazon unti...Ouch! I was all ready to whip over to amazon until I got to the last paragraph :-(<br /><br />And why does someone so concerned abou tthe environment not have an e- version, given how many people now read that way (or maybe the publisher wasn't converted by the book's content).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02736175898433407049noreply@blogger.com