Blognitive Dissonance

“Mann trakht und Gott lakht”

Genesis 1:14

danithew | April 30, 2007

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי מְאֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַיּוֹם וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה וְהָיוּ לְאֹתֹת וּלְמוֹעֲדִים וּלְיָמִים וְשָׁנִים. وَقَالَ اللهُ: «لِتَكُنْ أَنْوَارٌ فِي جَلَدِ السَّمَاءِ لِتَفْصِلَ بَيْنَ النَّهَارِ وَاللَّيْلِ وَتَكُونَ لآيَاتٍ وَأَوْقَاتٍ وَأَيَّامٍ وَسِنِينٍ. Y dijo Dios: Sean lumbreras en la expansión de los cielos para apartar el día y la noche: y sean por señales, y [...]

Comparing Frank Dodd and Terry Woodruff

danithew | April 19, 2007

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen Richard Dutcher’s murder mystery Brigham City and you want to enjoy the suspense of the story, don’t keep reading past this point. I’m going to give it all away in just a few sentences. This is a little random – but just thought I’d mention it anyway. I was [...]

Genesis 1:13

danithew | April 16, 2007

וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר יוֹם שְׁלִישִׁי. وَكَانَ مَسَاءٌ وَكَانَ صَبَاحٌ يَوْمًا ثَالِثًا. Y fué la tarde y la mañana el día tercero. And the evening and the morning were the third day. Additional LDS scriptural sources: Moses 2:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. Abraham 4:13 And it came to pass that they [...]

Genesis 1:12

danithew | April 14, 2007

וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע לְמִינֵהוּ וְעֵץ עֹשֶׂה-פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ-בוֹ לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי-טוֹב. فَأَخْرَجَتِ الأَرْضُ عُشْبًا وَبَقْلاً يُبْزِرُ بِزْرًا كَجِنْسِهِ وَشَجَرًا يَعْمَلُ ثَمَرًا بِزْرُهُ فِيهِ كَجِنْسِهِ وَرَأَى اللهُ ذلِكَ أَنَّهُ حَسَنٌ. Y produjo la tierra hierba verde, hierba que da simiente según su naturaleza, y árbol que da fruto, cuya simiente está en [...]

Nature Pursues Its Own Course

danithew | April 11, 2007

Harold Schulweis writes an essay titled: Adonai-Elohim: the Two Faces of God: Confronting the Reality of Suffering and Tragedy. This essay uses an analysis of the Genesis creation story to identify forces that are at play in the world – forces that impact our lives for good and for evil. These forces can be identified [...]