Project Genesis: Part Two
Discover a fresh and entertaining perspective on the book of Genesis. This course offers a whimsical and humorous exploration of biblical stories, perfect for those seeking a secular understanding. Whether you’re familiar with Genesis or new to it, this course will engage and educate without any religious agenda. Not suitable for those with rigid beliefs or easily offended. Join us for a light-hearted romp through the first 24 chapters of the Christian Bible.
What you’ll learn
- Ponder the facts behind the old adage, “always carry a snack if you don’t want your brothers to steal your birthright”
- Gain the life hack that will encourage you not to get too drunk on your wedding night
- Interpolate the hidden message behind the words, “You will become as we are…”
- Formulate creative solutions if you ever leave your garment behind with a woman you have scorned.
- Realize you should never sell your brother into slavery.
Did you know that Jacob wore animal skins on his arms to deceive his blind, dying father? Did you know that Judah mistook his daughter-in-law as a prostitute and got her pregnant? Did you know Jacob slept with the wrong sister on his wedding night?
These are a few things you will learn if you take this course. You will realize the Biblical book of Genesis is a marvelous and sensational work of literature rather than simply a part of a religious tome often used to cudgel infidels into submission. This is not a religious or devotional course. The lessons will offer a fresh, fun, and diverse reading for those already familiar with the book of Genesis. For those unfamiliar with Genesis, including atheists and agnostics, it will present an overview of Genesis in a way that doesn’t have the pressure or trappings of formal religious thoughts. The course will include an additional section at the end of each module crafted by a real-life preacher, giving the viewer a well-rounded perspective. The series would likely not appeal to Christian fundamentalists or most evangelicals with rigid views concerning the Bible. This course aims to entertain and educate with no agenda to lead people to or from faith in any religion and, at its core, offers no devotional elements. Writing prompts will be given for those who want to dig more deeply into personal reflections.
This is the first of a series of video-based courses that will cover the entire Christian Bible, including the deuterocanonical (apocryphal) books. Project Genesis Part Two covers chapters 25-50.
Who this course is for:
- people who want to examine Genesis in a whimsical (and at times sardonic and ironic laced with parody and humor) manner to provoke curiosity.
- people who are willing to reflect on every aspect of Genesis, stories filled with sex and violence and salacious details rarely heard from the pulpit or in polite company
- people who have tried to read Genesis but find it too dense to finish
- people who have gone to church, Sunday school, vacation Bible school, youth group, or general Bible studies but found Genesis dull and convoluted
- people who want to look at Genesis while mixing humor, entertainment, literary elements, and more
- people who aren’t easily offended and are willing to look beyond an evangelical or fundamentalist interpretation of Genesis
- people of any faith hoping to look beyond a standard view of the Bible
- people with no beliefs: atheists, skeptics, and agnostics who want to take a closer look at Genesis and gain a deeper secular understanding
- people who are curious since Genesis is a book of faith for billions of people around the world
- people who don’t want to deal with proselytizing or any effort to force a particular belief on them
- people who have an open mind and know there are many interpretations of Genesis
- People with a very rigid view of the Bible and are easily offended will likely not enjoy this course.
- While the Bible is a religious book, this is NOT a devotional or religious course; instead, it is a light-hearted and riotous romp through Genesis chapters one through twenty-four.
- This is the first in a series of courses covering the entirety of the Christian Bible.
