Occam's Coffeehouse for 11/30/09
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Jason Grosser
Nov 25, 2009, 12:18:34 AM11/25/09
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Occam's Coffeehouse:
We will discuss the essays in the Genesis Challenge next week at Occam's.
Occamites, get those fingers typing!
We meet at Newk's Cafe Express at 2200 Germantown Parkway each Monday at 6:30 pm until 8 pm.
Jason
Bill's Genesis Challenge: Rules for the Contest
Anyone who has carefully read Genesis 1 and 2 realizes that the major ordering of events between the two stories don't match. Man, beasts and plants are created in two different sequences and in the first story man and woman seem to have been created simultaneously and in the second sequentially. Since Christians refer to the Genesis creation story singular not stories plural, the Genesis Challenge is to write a single coherent narrative including the events in both Genesis 1 and 2 that resolves the apparent contradiction in the ordering of events. You will be judged by your Occam's peers on how well you do. Here are the rules:
1. This must be a narrative. A story. I'm not looking for an explanation or a reference.
2. Must be your own work. Please don't copy something off the net.
3. Please base your story on the King James translation. We need a common starting point.
4. Write in contemporary English prose.
5. Don't leave anything out.
6. You can make stuff up to make the two stories fit together.
7. The goal is logical consistency between the ordering of events in the first two books of Genesis. Your story need not be congruent with modern scientific explanations of the history of this planet.
8. Everyone will have an opportunity to read their story and then a brief period to respond to questions. Let's try and keep it under ten minutes. This is a time when you can give an explanation of why you wrote what you wrote. Think of it as a defense of thesis.
9. If we run out of time before everyone has read their stories and they are discussed, we will carry it over to the following week.
10. After all the stories are read and discussed we will vote on the winner.
11. You can't vote for yourself.
12. I will not vote unless there is a tie, then I will cast the deciding vote.
11. The winner will receive a check for $100.
The Genesis Challenge is my (Bill Runyan's idea) and I'm putting up the prize money. Since I think it would be in bad taste to compete for my own money, I will not enter it myself. Good luck to everyone else. Let the writing begin!
Bill
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We will discuss the essays in the Genesis Challenge next week at Occam's.
Occamites, get those fingers typing!
We meet at Newk's Cafe Express at 2200 Germantown Parkway each Monday at 6:30 pm until 8 pm.
Jason
Bill's Genesis Challenge: Rules for the Contest
Anyone who has carefully read Genesis 1 and 2 realizes that the major ordering of events between the two stories don't match. Man, beasts and plants are created in two different sequences and in the first story man and woman seem to have been created simultaneously and in the second sequentially. Since Christians refer to the Genesis creation story singular not stories plural, the Genesis Challenge is to write a single coherent narrative including the events in both Genesis 1 and 2 that resolves the apparent contradiction in the ordering of events. You will be judged by your Occam's peers on how well you do. Here are the rules:
1. This must be a narrative. A story. I'm not looking for an explanation or a reference.
2. Must be your own work. Please don't copy something off the net.
3. Please base your story on the King James translation. We need a common starting point.
4. Write in contemporary English prose.
5. Don't leave anything out.
6. You can make stuff up to make the two stories fit together.
7. The goal is logical consistency between the ordering of events in the first two books of Genesis. Your story need not be congruent with modern scientific explanations of the history of this planet.
8. Everyone will have an opportunity to read their story and then a brief period to respond to questions. Let's try and keep it under ten minutes. This is a time when you can give an explanation of why you wrote what you wrote. Think of it as a defense of thesis.
9. If we run out of time before everyone has read their stories and they are discussed, we will carry it over to the following week.
10. After all the stories are read and discussed we will vote on the winner.
11. You can't vote for yourself.
12. I will not vote unless there is a tie, then I will cast the deciding vote.
11. The winner will receive a check for $100.
The Genesis Challenge is my (Bill Runyan's idea) and I'm putting up the prize money. Since I think it would be in bad taste to compete for my own money, I will not enter it myself. Good luck to everyone else. Let the writing begin!
Bill
Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it now.
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