Adam from Atlantis?

Did you know that Adam means red? If you do, have you ever wondered why the first man created was named red?

Was it because red was the colour of life? Or because, as scientist are eager to tell us, man didn't originally see any colours but red?

Or was it, perhaps, because the 'first' man was literally red?

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I'm sure many of you are familiar with the concept of Atlantis? Well, long story cut short, according to Otto Muck (writer of the book The secret of Atlantis):

Atlantis was a big island or a small continent in the middle of Atlantic ocean (which, of course was named after it). When a big asteroid hit the Atlantic, Atlantis sank, causing catastrophic consequences around the world, eg. floods and gas clouds, that destroyed most of the mankind.

People who lived in Atlantis, had most likely red skin. They were ancestors for both the indians and the europian people. After the catastrophe, a huge cloud covered the Europe for thousands of years, leading to loss of colour pigments in the skin of a europian man (result = white man).

Now could it be, that after thousands of years, people still had some legends about their ancestor who had a red skin, and because of this particular feature they named him red, Adam? You do the math.


Your,

Calima elen

PS. If you have even a slightest interest in Atlantis, I warmly recommend you to read Otto Muck's book, it's very convincing.

An overall commentary, first 40 pages

OK, first 40 pages or so done, only 1380 more pages to go. I'm reeeally loving this book! You want to know all the fun you've missed so far? Do you really want to? Let me tell you:

-Family trees! (They only mention sons, not daugters.)

- Telling what age people died in! (I've noticed that before the Flood people used to live nine hundred years or so, and after that, only one or tho hundred years. Now what's the meaning of that? Did God just think that people were so selfish and horrible that they shouldn't be living that long, or was it simply because after the Flood the Earth wasn't so paradise like anymore and getting proper food got much harder? OR, was it because after the Flood God gave man a permission to eat meat as well, and a healthy vegan diet was forgotten?)

(By the way, who wrote these books anyway(books of Moses)? Was it Moses? Moses who? Or has there been several people writing them?)

-Describing Abraham's and his kinsmen's lives! (X married his cousin Y, they got three kids, they got four kids, they married their cousins, argued with the local monarchs etc etc...you could get a soap opera out of this)

-And...you'll never quess...naming places! (Every friggin' pond and puddle must be named...)

And the bottom line all time is repetition. Repetition, repetition, repetition. Every single thing is told like three different times, sometimes even with the exact same words. Now THAT's fun! Back then the people didn't obviously have a hunch about novel writing, but hey, who cares?

I hope you've picked it up by now, that I really didn't mean it when I said I loved this book. So far, it's been downright boring. I really do hope it doesn't continue like this for long, because if it does, I will most likely eat my own eyes so I wouldn't have to read anymore...

Your,
Calima elen

PS. If someone doesn't know what I meant by that Flood, it's that big Flood, in which only Noah and his family were saved...if you want to look it up from the Bible: Moses 1, chapter 6 ->

The Beginning

One Sunday morning a voice boomed out from the heaven: "Varpu, my heathenish, disloyal servant, I give thee a mission. Thy shall read the Holy Bible, and tell the whole world, why it is not my word, but bogus, written by some goddamn hippies after having eaten too much mushrooms."

"This", the voice echoed proudly, "shall be called...the Operation Bible!"

After having cleaned the coffee I had spilled on the table in amazement, I answered: "Yes, I shall do that. But why is it, my unexistent Lord, that you are working on Sunday? After all, isn't this supposed to be your day of rest, being worshipped in the churches and all that..?"

"Oh bugger. Jesus must have messed up again. He's going to have be crucified again for this..." the voice snarled before disappearing and leaving a cold silence behind.

I finished off my coffee and started looking for my copy f the Bible, probably hidden somewhere between old socks and outdated cans of whipped cream in my closet. And That is how I started reading the Bible...

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OK, I lied a bit, so sue me. There was no voice nor coffee, and it certainly wasn't Sunday, but anyway, I did start reading the Bible. Mainly, because I wanted to have some knowledge to argue about it, and the religions on the whole (christianity in particular), but while reading it, it occured to me, that I could get much more out of it in the way...so here I am.

I've gathered here some thoughts, theories, questions etc. that have popped in to my mind while reading, and I would very much appreciate if someone could give me comments, tell me what he/she thinks about these theories and the Bible, and, if possible, answer my questions...


Yours sincerely,

Calima elen (or Varpu)


PS. I'm sorry if my English isn't satisfactory, for it isn't my first language, but I hope it won't interfere with your reading experience. Also, if you want to correct my language and mistakes I've made, feel free to do so, in fact I'd be very happy to get some feedback.

PPS. In case you're wondering, Calima elen is Quenya (Elven language that J.R.R. Tolkien created) and means a bright star. I've used it for couple years now, but I thought it would be particulary good for this blog, as I am trying to cast some light upon this matter, sort of :-) My real name, which I used in the beginning of this article, is Varpu (that's finnish, I'm from Finland), which means a twig or a branch.