Old Testament Lore. Norman M. Chansky

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      And scoff at Science.

      Blessed Are They Who Seek God in Every Gene

      Blessed are they who seek God

      In every gene

      And reveal its mystery.

      The First Humans: Version One

      God Said: “Let us Fashion a human in our image, a version of OurSelves. Gen I, 26.

      God Sought the counsel of Angels, partners in Causation.

      “Let a race of human creatures crown Creation;

      A race who will respect My Authority

      And preserve and augment Creation’s immensity.”

      The Consenters advised, “Create a creature

      With a Mind like Yours capable of learning,

      With a Soul like Yours sprouting righteousness,

      With a Heart like Yours overflowing with mercy.”

      The Dissenters advised, “such a creature

      Would have a mind abounding in ignorance,

      Would have a spirit sprouting wrong doing,

      Would have a heart flowing with malice.

      What creature can be as perfect as God?

      But God Accepted the advice of the Consenters.

      “You will rue this day,” scoffed the Dissenters!

      In a thrice some genes in God’s laboratory mutated

      And from the Essence of God were fashioned humans: Men and Women,

      Not too many, as humanity was still an experiment.

      Adam and Eve, closest to God in mind, soul, and heart were endowed with free will.

      God said, “live upon My Creation, enjoy it, improve upon it

      But you must be obedient and be responsible for your actions.”

      God placed them side by side in The Garden of Eden, Epicenter of Creation,

      And consecrated their marriage, pronouncing them husband and wife.

      Each was the complement of the other; each the help mate of the other.

      A choir of the Consenters filled the heavens with sweet songs

      Which wafted out of The Garden and is heard today in the arias of the birds.

      The hearts of the newlyweds were filled with rapture.

      But the vexed Dissenters brewed cannons of thunder which rumble even today.

      The newlyweds sought shelter from the tantrums of the Dissenters.

      Rain drowned their ecstasy.

      In time Adam and Eve learned what hunger is and how to satisfy it,

      What thirst is and how to slake it, what heat and cold are and how to protect their bodies.

      What beauty is and how to admire it;

      What comfort is and how to enjoy it.

      What knowledge is and how to increase it.

      They learned how to make babies:

      How to feed them, protect them, and how to teach them to survive.

      But they also discovered need, greed, and evil.

      They surrendered to temptations and engaged in actions Scorned by God.

      They disobeyed as well as God’s Forgiveness but also exile from Paradise.

      The refugees learned about the work of life and the permanence of death.

      They built houses protecting them from the elements and fortifying them from foes;

      They sewed garments shielding their skin.

      They composed songs celebrating God’s Creation; they painted visions of history.

      They witnessed murder and learned to grieve, to console, and to endure.

      They taught their lessons to their descendants and to other humans in God’s Creation.

      And the Consenters who advised God to Create humans were vindicated

      And so were the Dissenters.

      The First Humans: Version Two

      The biota of Eden were thriving

      And daily new species were arriving.

      Blooms were on every manner of plant:

      Fruit bearing and flowers that enchant.

      Stripe´d animals with great speed were running

      Leather-hided animals stretched out were sunning

      Spotted animals through brush were leaping

      Night time animals lay in tree branches sleeping.

      Birds nesting in all kinds of trees

      Were chirping entrancing melodies;

      And fish were swimming hither and yon:

      Catch a glimpse and then they are gone.

      Angels on high, God’s Adjutants—Planners, Designers, and Confidantes

      Marveled at the roots of God’s Creation,

      The Very Cause of Cosmic Causation.

      But as they Gazed upon the works they’d Schemed;

      Something was missing to Them it seemed.

      Lacking was a bridge to God Above:

      A force of wisdom, of justice, of love

      Who could preserve the Creation that was Wrought.

      Someone who would forge links, they sought,

      Between the Sacred and the norm:

      Someone who would Creation transform.

      For many eons at length they Debated

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