Ep. #201 – Humani Generis, Monogenesis, & New Research w/ Dr. Kemp

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  1. Leigh fetter says:
    August 19, 2022 at 5:51 am

    Want to reconcile Kemp’s theory with the Bible and contemporary science? Add an understanding of René Girard’s Fundamental Anthropology hypothesis and a little knowledge of Julian Jaynes’ “bicameral mind” theory and you have a clear and empirical picture, perfectly scriptural, of the origin of Adamic man amongst hominins, of the existence of Lucifer/Satan, of the temptation and the Fall, Original Sin, of the origin and nature of evil, of the demons/fallen sons of God, of the Nephilim et al.

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  2. Leigh fetter says:
    August 19, 2022 at 10:34 am

    I’m working on my own thesis of a (relatively) recent Adam, taking Kemp and Swamidass’ work as theoretical support, but it is chiefly built on the anthropology of René Girard that he developed first in Violence and the Sacred (1972), Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (1978), I See Satan Fall Like Lightning (1997) and Evolution and Conversion (2006) amongst other important books and essays of his.
    His hypothesis is parsimonious: that the origin of the sacred, and therefore of all rationality, language and culture in mankind, is coincident with what he calls “the scapegoat mechanism” at a founding moment in the process of hominization transforming animality into humanity.
    However, Girard, although a Catholic, was not a theologian, and left much to unanswered (and much to be desired) about where Adam was situated along this seemingly linear (and even naturalistic, evolutionary) process of hominization. He made ambiguous statements about the Fall, Original Sin etc.
    Nevertheless, his broad hypothesis is genius, and before his death, Michael Serres commented that he was “the Darwin of the Social Sciences”, with Bishop Barron also commenting that he may become a Doctor of the Church.
    I had began my research as a secular-Jewish political philosopher, but my mind started making connections, solving a few of the riddles here and there (thanks to the three As, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, also Kierkegaard and even Schopenhauer), and after reading widely and deeply (including Kemp, Heiser, Swamidass, Jon Garvey and others), I think I have an even more parsimonious hypothesis of the “Genesis problem” … and have recently become a Catholic to boot. Here might not be the best forum for further meanderings, but you are welcome to contact me via email to discuss further or for more specific literature recommendations.

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    • John DeRosa says:
      August 19, 2022 at 10:45 am

      Thanks, Leigh, for sharing all of these sources and this information. I’d be interested in learning more about your thesis and views and will reach out by email.

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  3. Leigh fetter says:
    August 19, 2022 at 10:41 am

    Although I read his work from the chronological beginning, which was a study of desire in Western literature, and would recommend reading him this way, for those without the time, the best introduction to his anthropological hypothesis might be either :

    The Scapegoat (1982) –
    https://www.amazon.com/Scapegoat-Ren%C3%A9-Girard/dp/0801839173

    or

    I See Satan Fall Like Lightning (1997) –
    https://www.amazon.com/See-Satan-Fall-Like-Lightning/dp/1570753199/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1660919947&refinements=p_27%3ARene+Girard&s=books&sr=1-2&text=Rene+Girard

    All his other books in English can be bought on Amazon:

    https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ARene+Girard&s=relevancerank&text=Rene+Girard&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

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