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Just Genesis : Genesis on Homosex: Beyond Sodom
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JUST GENESIS through the lens of Anthropology. Saturday, January 26, 2013. Genesis on Homosex: Beyond Sodom. Alice C. Linsley. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) also contributed to a dismissal of the Hebrew Scriptures as "a collection of mere statutory laws upon which was established a political organization." In his Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone. Kant argued for a " pure moral religion" based on duty. N oddity in his time, he perpetuated the Enlightenment disdain for the Hebrew Scriptures. He i...
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Just Genesis : Seligman's Legacy
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JUST GENESIS through the lens of Anthropology. Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Seligman is at the center of a long-standing controversy. Some consider him a racist. What do you think? Alice C. Linsley. Charles Gabriel Seligman (1873-1940) was a British physician and ethnologist whose work influenced such renown anthropologists as Bronislaw Malinoski and Evans-Pritchard. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and he served as chair of Ethnology at the London School of Economics from 1913 to 1934. Rather than Eu...
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Ethics Forum: Buhari and Nigeria's Future
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Thinking about ethics and current events. Sunday, April 26, 2015. Buhari and Nigeria's Future. Buhari’s victory in Nigerian election has global significance. RICHARD A. JOSEPH. Muhammadu Buhari’s convincing defeat. Of incumbent Goodluck Jonathan in the Nigerian presidential election is an event of global significance. To his credit, President Jonathan promptly conceded defeat, thereby discouraging any attempt to impede the transfer of power. Of Shari’a law, will be a powerful counterpoint to the au...
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Ethics Forum: What Makes a Good Society?
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Thinking about ethics and current events. Wednesday, February 24, 2010. What Makes a Good Society? There are numerous marks of a good society: justice, equity, rule of law, economic opportunity, reciprocity, prosperity, critical thinking, ethical standards, concern for good citizenship, right to defense, right to private property, etc. But where does the value of Goodness for Goodness sake come in? Alice C. Linsley. As Americans watch the political stalemate in Washington. The Founding Fathers spoke of a...
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Ethics Forum: Plato's Debt to Ancient Egypt
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Thinking about ethics and current events. Monday, January 18, 2010. Plato's Debt to Ancient Egypt. Plato studied in Egypt for 13 years under the Horite priest. Sechnuphis. Many Greek philosophers had studied at Egyptian schools. Iamblichus wrote that Thales of Miletus insisted that Pythagoras had to go to Memphis to study because the Egyptian priests were a veritable source of knowledge and wisdom, especially when it came to the natural sciences, medicine and astronomy. Alice C. Linsley. Those in the cav...
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Just Genesis : Afro-Asiatic Metal Workers
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JUST GENESIS through the lens of Anthropology. Saturday, June 18, 2011. Alice C. Linsley. Here are photos of related peoples whose ancestry is Kushite or Proto-Saharan. Both photos are of BJA people. Some Beja are nomadic. Linguist Penelope Aubin notes. In Demotic sources they are called Brhm while in classical sources they are the Blemmyes, ancestors of the modern Beja.". They brought gold to Egypt from mines deep in the heartland of Nubia and Kush. Prehistoric painting of warrior-priests carrying crook...
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Just Genesis : Facebook Conversation on Creationism
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JUST GENESIS through the lens of Anthropology. Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Facebook Conversation on Creationism. Alice C. Linsley. In the following Facebook thread some friends asked excellent questions and I asked their permission to post this at JUST GENESIS. This is the sort of conversation that can help people sort through the issues. The conversation arose in response to this article. Everything is possible,. My brain is defective, and so my opinion is not an intellectual one. But I think it doesn'...
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Ethics Forum: Private Ownership vs Public Access
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Thinking about ethics and current events. Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Private Ownership vs Public Access. Karl D. Stephan. Let me present a contrast between an ownership lifestyle and an access lifestyle. From that point on, he lived the American dream of ownership. Anything he needed and could afford, he bought: TVs, lawnmowers, appliances, and (much later in life) computers for his wife to pursue her genealogy hobby with. Brad is part of the reason that rates of new-vehicle ownership, home ownership, and eve...
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Ethics Forum: RIP Pope Shenouda III
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Thinking about ethics and current events. Sunday, March 18, 2012. RIP Pope Shenouda III. Pope Shenouda III has died at the age of 88. He was the head of what is believed to be the oldest expression of Christianity, the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt. His Holiness was the 117th Patriarch of Alexandria. Pope Shenouda had a warm heart for ministry to the poor. He had a special meeting with them every Thursday, where he supported them through funds, counselling and prayer. Spiritual head of millions of Copts.
