GENESIS
The Unholy Bible
GENESIS
IN THE BEGINNING
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CHAPTER 1
IN THE BEGINNING
1 In the beginning, beyond the realm of human
understanding, are craters deep. 2 And in these
hallowed darkened pits, stories of old they sleep,
they sleep. 3 Timeless stories as silent as the stars
that shine. 4 Echoes of these chronicles, kept
clandestine. 5 But with us, lie revelations we
bequeath to you. 6 On origins, on beginnings, of
the passage through. 7 In the dim corridors of
enlightened minds, these theories rise, grow, take
flight.
THE BIG BANG1
8 To state but one elegant tale, consider how
before the establishment of all things, the entirety
of the universe was compressed into the confines
of a piece of primal matter 2 . 9 There, burdened
with an incomprehensible embryonic platter, it
spun, solitary, in the vast extensive emptiness. 10
And upon that platter lay the four forces of nature3,
every necessary particle, all energy, all the laws that
were and would be. 11 All things invisible and all
we now see4.
1 A model among many scientists that is considered the prevailing
cosmological theory of the early development of the universe. The term “Big
Bang” was coined by Fred Hoyle, who notably, rejected the theory in favour
of intelligent design.
2 The Belgian priest and physicist Monsignor Georges Lemaître (1894-1966)
was the first to propose what became known as the Big Bang theory of the
origin of the Universe. It was initially referred to as the 'hypothesis of the
primeval atom
3 The four known forces of nature: strong nuclear, weak nuclear,
electromagnetic and gravity.
4 What is the Universe made of? According to many scientists Only 4% of
the universe is made of ordinary matter. The latest models suggest that 73%
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In the Beginning
12 And from this incomparable pinpoint of density
and heat, came forth truth: an expanding universe
carrying galaxies with it, like raisins in a rising loaf.
13 Yet others ill at ease with a finite fate, propose
the theory of the steady state5 – a universe with no
beginning and no end. 14 Whether this or that, let
us always deal with the probable. 15 It was not in
the mind of an intelligent being that this cosmic egg
was conceived. 16 Its random origin and
purposeless can we not gladly receive?
17 Before time, before space, before all that exists,
these stories lay cradled in eternal mists. 18 And
friends, we must discover those dark mysteries,
exploiting the solutions of the sons of man to
unravel cosmic mysteries.
19 Indeed, use Einstein‟s General Relativity6 - plot
it backwards to a finite time to reveal the
incalculable point 7 of infinite density and
temperature. 20 And it is to the subsequent big
bang, and none other, to which we must ascribe
creation. 21 Crucifying all myths of bloody
salvation.
of the cosmic energy is "dark energy" and 23% “dark matter”. The nature of
dark matter remains a mystery but it is thought to hold the Universe together
through the gravitational force. Source: http://www.aspera-eu.org
5 The Steady State theory (also known as the Infinite Universe theory or
continuous creation) is an alternative to the Big Bang Theory. It was a model
developed by Fred Hoyle, Thomas Gold, Hermann Bondi and others in 1948.
The steady state theory holds the view that the universe has no beginning and
no end and asserts that although the universe is expanding, it does not change
its appearance over time.
6 Einstein‟s famous new and improved description of gravitation. It is the
basis of current cosmological models of a consistently expanding universe
7 This point is known as a “singularity” -the point at which space and time
are infinitely distorted by gravitational forces, and general relativity breaks
down. Man-made mathematical models fail to compute.
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ON THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
22 On origins, behold abiogenesis 8 , and
spontaneous generation. 23 The biological from the
inorganic, a most mystical advancement. 24 Indeed
the modest amino acid, building block, corner
stone, foundation of life, of love. 25 All that lies
below, inside, and all we see above. 26 Behold these
progressive particles of old. 27 Follow their journey
along pathways, random, bold. 28 Biochemical
roads, an organic outcome. 29 And focus with
diligence upon the small, the molecule not the
galaxy, for therein lie the answers you seek.
30 Still, there are those that doubt, claiming divine
intelligence, or the nature of infinity, or personal
conviction. 31 Friends, fear not, for the end is near.
32 Round the table of unknown futures we sit
ravenous. 33 Eager for your eternal liberation. 34
And as the fabric of faith slips behind evidence
anew, we bid adieu, adieu, to all things true.
CHAPTER 2
BEHOLD THE MAN: JOHNNY GOODMAN
1 And now, we must turn all attention to our most
beloved subject, one Johnny Goodman.
2 Friends, he is one of you – Human.
3 Indeed, we9 watch from hidden places, from the
timeless crevices between unseen spaces. 4 We
watch him weep, and avert our gaze. 5 He does not
sleep, his dreams ablaze. 6 The song of the mad
dog rings in his ears. 7 And when alone, he shouts
at the stars. 8 But at strangers, he smiles, howling
inside. 9 In the thoughts that permeate moments,
knife edged memories graze open wounds. 10
Happiness evades and like fallen rain, it cannot be
gathered. 11 And hope, it fades, fades, until it is the
colour brown, the shape of a noose.
8 The study of how biological life arises from inorganic matter through
natural processes, and a proposed theory for the method by which life on
Earth arose
9 The reader may make one of many assumptions here including: Demons -
the princes of darkness – are the narrators of Goodman‟s preliminary plight.
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12 And word on the dark streets is this: That there
are whispers in the wind: It will not be long now,
no, not long.
13 Behold the man - Johnny Goodman. 14 His
smell, his sound, his wretched thoughts, they rise to
the heavens. 15 With baited breath we witness his
story unfold. 16 We feel his fate in the air 10 :
Impending doom, cold.
17 Unhappy man, hiding in the night. 18 There he
stands, under the old oak, a noose in his hands.
19 Remembering oranges, remembering the first
day, the first night, he lived life without his father.
20 Remembering oranges, and the first day, the first
night, he blamed his mother.
CHAPTER 3
THE ARRIVAL OF DEATH AND MADNESS
1 Years ago on Tuesday, his father, his only father,
picked up five cans of tinned tomatoes and four
loaves of economy bread from the superstore. 2 He
winked at the blue eyed girl on the way out and
tripped on a shoe that might have belonged to a
baby. 3 Later, he stepped into his car, and adjusting
the rear view mirror, looked disapprovingly at his
deepening widows peak. 4 And as he pulled onto
the highway, he remembered oranges, and the
drawl of his wife‟s voice.
5 The way she said “oranges” and “today, please
don‟t be late”
6 Must turn around, he thought, flicking between
radio stations. 7 At 75 miles per hour, he saw a blur
of silver swerve toward him. 8 He tried to think,
but by then he was dead. 9 Veiny, red streams from
his nose.
10 The music played on.
11 Yes, it played on, as eyelids on a body closed
forever.
12 Forever? 13 And when the police pulled up, a
wife rang a mobile about oranges.
14 Dead father.
10 In the Holy Bible, the devil is referred to as the “Prince of the Power of the
air” (Ephesians 2:2)
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15 Mad mother.
16 Johnny searched for solace. 17 But solace was
the balm lunatics applied to shield them from pain.
18 So Johnny embraced his terrible agony, every
morning, every night.
19 He stared wide eyed at suffering, seeking to
understand it.
20 And that is when we first smelled the stench, the
stench of death, the end.
CHAPTER 4
SUICIDE11
1 Now, there are things that keep a man alive. 2
Ambition, contentment, duty, fear of God, fear of
death…love. 3 But when a man is neither
ambitious, nor content, has no duty that ties him to
this world, fears neither God – whose existence is
improbable - nor death - Indeed, when he has only
time upon his hands to think, a fatal despair sets in.
4 Death turns into something else. 5 Something
unimaginable.
6 A temptation.
7 We must return to our dear subject. 8 The poor
man, Goodman. 9 Yes, still he stands, leaning
against the trunk of the old oak. 10 And in his
hands, he cradles the noose, his deliverance, his
escape to eternal silence. 11 Dry eyed, he examines
the sky. 12 A dark cloud, the shape of a deformed
thumb, moves across the horizon with a
purposeless vigour. 13 It is going nowhere.
Random, thinks Goodman, like life.
14 From the deep shadows, we witness
conversations unseen. 15 The moonlight longs to
invade those intricate, nebulous chambers in which
joy and sorrow converse. 16 They speak of
inevitable encounters with countless souls and tally
their victories hardly questioning the score: Sorrow,
Joy, Seven to One.
17 His mind we cannot read, but his eyes speak the
words upon which the princes of shadows feed. 18
11 Suicide is said to be the third leading cause of death for young people in
the 15-24 age bracket. .(source: http://www.befrienders.org/info)
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Tonight, say his eyes. 19 Tonight, is the night. 20
Goodbye, say his eyes. Goodbye.
DEATH BY HANGING
21 We wait, as awaiting a lavish feast. 22 And the
dear man Goodman tests the strength of his noose.
23 What if, say his eyes, it comes loose? 24 What if,
say his eyes, I fail at this too? 25 Indeed, a million12
times before, we‟ve examined such scenes. 26 The
standard drop, rolling eyes, the brief struggle and
haunting cries.
27 The shell gives way in stages. 28 The spirit (if
there is one) rages. 29 Carotid arteries and jugular
veins close. 30 The bloody heart, it finally slows. 31
Or there is the breaking of the neck, the silver cord
broken forever, and how often, too often, have we
seen the erection, the last erection.
32 And like a scared child on a swing, the body –
the dead body – moves back and forth – ever so
slightly. 33 Trembling, in anticipation perhaps, of
the eternal.
34 Now Goodman stands, beneath his oak of death.
35 Stepping up on to a stump, the noose around his
neck. 36 Poor, tormented, wretched man.
37 Yes, we see the words formed upon his lips. 38
‘If you are there God‟ we see him say „speak now’. 39
Suddenly, the bark of a dog in the distance seems
near. 40 But no God, no word comes to his
desperate ear.
41 And so our dear subject Goodman closes his
eyes.
42 And we wait. 43 As ever, we wait.
12 The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that each year
approximately one million people die from suicide. This amounts to one
death every 40 seconds. By 2020, predictions suggest the rate of death will
increase to one every 20 seconds.(source: http://www.befrienders.org/info)