Author: spasley

I found Christine Hayes’ lecture on Doublets and Contradictions to be intriguing. I understood and saw the similarities to Adam and Eve. It’s interesting to see how sex makes him godlike and how it was always apart of the plan or seems to be so. This makes me take a step back and look at ourselves as human beings. It’s also interesting that Adam and Eve were only ashamed of their nakedness after defiance. I wonder why this is so? It seems odd to embrace nakedness, and then do a 180 only after getting in trouble. Lastly, an interesting point Hayes made was how god was in control of the flood and not threatened by it. I had never stopped and thought about this part of the story.

Reading Subversive Sequels was also interesting. I learned about the connections between the Tower of Babel and the midwives of Isreal. In a short summary, they are both oppressive stories surrounding the building of a city and how it is done. It is interesting to see that it is necessary for characters to break rhythm in order to allow new stories.

The class discussion brought me new insights. I had already noticed the repetitions of Genesis, but never the connections between the days. It was cool to see how the first 3 days were God forming, and the last 3 days were God filling what God had previously formed. This made it make much more sense, and honestly cooler.

Lastly, a couple cool, random things that were pointed in the discussion are how evil is a byproduct in Babylonian, how genesis truly reflects an ancient view of things, and that the idea of Sabbath was unknown to ancient people. These are all new things to me.

This is not my first time reading the creations stories. I have read them for my FYS, my religion course I took last semester, and now this course. However, I still find them interesting to read every time due to the ability to dissect them so much.

A difference I noticed in the creation stories that I don’t think was mentioned in class is the breaking of the paragraphs. I feel as though this is significant because authors can really change the meaning and feeling of a story with different passages. I know when I am writing something I highly consider where and when I should break paragraphs up.

I wonder if a solution will ever be created when dealing with the problems of translations. It would be so cool if you could translate something completely accurate and for it to mean the same thing. However, I feel as though languages are too diverse to ever get a 100% accuracy level of translation.

When reading “Back Door intro to the Bible,” I appreciated the authors pointing out the common misconceptions when reading the Bible. I already had knowledge of some of these due to my previous courses, but the new ones were interesting. One thing that stuck out to me is how the Bible discusses human beings in daily life. I had never read that part of the Bible. I was pleasantly surprised when it discusses real people doing real things. The other important misconceptions are that the Bible is not a history book and that it is actually not a single book but a collection of different works.

One thing that stuck out to me when reading “Depatriarchalizing the Bible” is the discussion of gender-neutral deities. I had never read nor heard of this before today. I also found it ironic how the contrast between woman and man fades after disobedience. I feel like this is an example of why we are so misogynistic and sexist. It also says that man fails to be responsible which I find funny and to be very true in real life!

Our class discussions of what type of things are found in the Bible really expanded my knowledge. I did not know letters, poetry, proverbs, parables, gospels, songs, and prophecy are all found in the Bible. This is another reason why it should not be called a single book, but rather a collection of works.

Hi everyone! My name is Sabrina Pasley and I am a junior at Butler. I am double majoring in biology and religion with a chemistry minor. I have not narrowed it down on what I would like to do after I finish undergraduate school, which I should probably start working on! Decisions are not my strong suit however, especially when the rest of my life depends on it!

Some things that are important to me are my family, my friends, and my plants. I have a 1-year-old nephew who lights up my world! I’m an avid plant mom also so if you ever want to talk plants hit me up.

I am taking this course not only to fulfill my TI credit, but it also goes toward my religion major. I started my college career as only a biology major, added a religion minor in my second semester of first-year, and become a double major in my sophomore year. I chose to add my religion major due to wanting a career in healthcare. I thought if I studied different religions during my undergraduate years, it would help me better care for all of my patients in my future.

I have very limited knowledge of the Bible. I grew up Roman Catholic, but stopped attending Sunday School after third grade and don’t really practice much anymore. Most of the knowledge I have comes from my first-year seminar, Faith, Doubt, and Reason, and my previous religion course I took, Theology from the Margins. I am excited to gain more information on it though!