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Dr. Jerry Bergman #fundie #wingnut #conspiracy answersresearchjournal.org

Friedrich Engels Introduced Darwin to Karl Marx and Changed the World

Abstract

Friedrich Engels was in some ways as important as Marx in helping to establish the revolution called Marxism (Communism) that has changed the world. It was Engels who brought Darwinism into Marx’s life and the socialist/communist movement. His role, and the influence of Darwinism, were both important, although Darwinism is a more important part of the radical-left movement today than in the days of Marx. The contribution of both Engels and Marx were intertwined; thus Engels’ work cannot be discussed without covering the contribution of his close co-worker, Karl Marx.

Outline:
* Abstract
* Introduction
* Friedrich Engels Meets Karl Marx
* Materialism and Darwinism
* The Need to Eliminate God
* Marx: From “Christian” to Darwinist
* Conflict and Struggle Incorporated into Marx’s and Engel’s Bible
* Friedrich Engels’ Role in the Darwinian and Communist Revolutions
* Other Socialists Led by Darwin
* Engel’s and Marx’s Ideas Inspire Scores of Books
* The Importance of Human-Ape Ancestry in Marxism
* The Influence of Pierre Trémaux on Engels and Marx
* Engels Influenced Lenin and Mao Zedong
* Summary
* References

Keywords: Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Darwin, Communism, Marxism, Atheism, Christianity, Hitler, Lenin, Virchow, Thomas H. Huxley, Hugo de Vries, Lamarckian, Karl Kautsky, Paul Lafargue

Warren H. Johns #fundie #crackpot answersresearchjournal.org

A New Flood Chronology Based on Seven-Day Creation Cycles

Abstract

Many attempts have been made to decipher the chronology of the Flood by uncovering the calendar behind the detailed dating of key Flood events. This study begins by linking Flood chronology with Creation chronology, which simply has a sequence of seven literal days ending with a sabbath day. The seven-day cycle becomes the key to establishing Flood chronology with its seven-day cycles throughout the narrative. Four times the seven-day Creation cycles are mentioned in the Flood account (Genesis 7:4, 10; 8:10, 12). These are interpreted as weekly cycles starting with a first day (Sunday) and ending with a seventh day (sabbath). This means that the last day of a seven-day wait for the Flood, according to 7:4, 10, was a sabbath of rest, the last day before the fury of the Flood was unleashed. Based on this template of seven-day cycles, the Flood started on a Sunday and ended on a sabbath (Saturday) 370 full days later. The final sabbath in the Flood account was marked by an animal sacrifice and the establishment of the everlasting covenant signified by a rainbow (Genesis 9:15–21). All datable events are then assigned to days of the week. The assigning of days of the week to important Flood events has possible implications for the developing new Flood models or modifying existing Flood models. Chapters 1–2 of Genesis are then inextricably linked to chapters 6–9. The Flood narrative cannot be correctly interpreted without interpreting the seven Creation days as literal days because of seven-day cycles being buried throughout the Flood narrative.

Keywords: Chiasmus, chiastic, mabbul, kataklusmos, 7-day cycles, Creation week, de-creation, literal days, chronology, dischronologization, covenant, historicity, Masoretic Text (MT), Septuagint (LXX)