Category Archives: Promotion

10/6/25

Adam and Eve and Original Sin: The State of the Debate (Part 1 of 2)

AEOS 0001 In this age of… how shall I say it?… “Let the consumer beware.”, many parents withdraw their children from bigilib-run schools in favor of guided- and home-schooling.

0002 Bigilib?

Big Government (il)liberal.

They say that they are “liberal”, but the bigger the government gets, the more illiberal they become.

0003 The problem that the parent faces is, “How to proceed?”

The problem faced by those who would market to this consumer-base is, “How to encourage customers to try the product?”

One answer says, “Offer free samples.”

0004 So why not offer sample courses on the state of debate for one of the most interesting questions in virtual Christendom?

Whatever happened to Original Sin?

0005 Razie Mah’s blogs contain so many reviews of books on this topic, two sample courses are available.  This blog offers the first.

0006 But, what about the product?

If these sample courses are interesting (and don’t neglect the articles and books that they are reviewing), then the natural follow up is A Course on An Archaeology of the Fall, by Razie Mah, available at smashwords and other e-book venues.  The course comes with an instructor’s guide for the mature reader to consult.

0007 The intended class consists of a mature adult (as guide) and novice readers, two or more novice readers working together, and the occasional intrepid self-guided individual.  Simply purchase the e-books and read on a tablet.  The text is broken into points.  Each point allows discussion.  The technique is to read and discuss.

0008 What about the sample online course?

Here is a list of seven commentaries that appear on Razie Mah’s blogs.  Remember that WordPress publishes the later date at the top of the list for each month.  Click on the month and search down.

0009 Here is the list, in chronological order.

One: Looking at Dennis Venema and Scot McKnight’s Book (2017) “Adam and the Genome”

(November 2025, 22 blogs, 250 points)

Two: Looking at Bill Arnold’s Article (2020) “Genesis and the Challenges of the 21st Century”

(December 31-26, 2024, 5 blogs, 46 points)

Three: Looking at Bandon Wanless’s Article (2023) “…on the State of Original Innocence”

(December 10-2, 2024, 12 blogs, 118 points)

Four: Looking at Daniel Houck’s Book (2020) “Aquinas, Original Sin and the Challenge of Evolution”

(November 30-2, 2024, 23 blogs, 254 points)

Five: Looking at Andrew Ter Ern Loke’s Book (2022) “The Origin of Humanity and Evolution”

(November 30-1, 2023, 22 blogs, 192 points)

Six: Looking at Paul Domining’s Book (2006) “Original Selfishness”

(November 22-1, 2022, 16 blogs, 99 points)

Seven: Looking at Loren Haarsma’s Book (2021) “When Did Sin Begin”

(October 31-3, 2022, 21 blogs, 135 points)

0010 Total: 121 blogs, 1094 points, 18 hours at 1 minute per point.

Maybe, this online course lasts around 4 weeks.

Enjoy this sample and consider purchasing Razie Mah’s online courses.

10/4/25

Adam and Eve and Original Sin: The Subject Matters (Part 2 of 2)

AEOS 0011 Yes, there is more.

Here is another online course on the same subject matter.  All parts appear in Razie Mah’s blogs.  Click on the month, then scroll downwards.

0012 These are sample courses.  So, one may pick and choose points and reviews as one pleases.

Plus, there are lots of pictures.  Pictures can be interesting and informative.

How so?

For the most part, the pictures are diagrams of purely relational structures.

0013 What am I selling?

Three online courses that cover the topic of human evolution.  All are offered by Razie Mah.  All are available at smashwords and other e-book venues.  Merely purchase the e-books, print the pdf or read on a tablet.  Each point can be discussed.  The texts are designed to read and discuss.

A Course on the Human Niche contains the masterwork, plus four commentaries.  This course introduces the Lebenswelt that we evolved in.

A Course on An Archaeology of the Fall, contains the masterwork, plus outside reading (Paul’s letter to the Romans and Sura 5).  An instructor’s guide is available.  This course pertains to the hypothesis of the first singularity.

A Course in How To Define the Word “Religion” contains the masterwork, plus 10 primers.  This course concerns our current Lebenswelt, which is not the same as the Lebenswelt that we evolved in.  A “how-to” instruction appears in Razie Mah’s blog in December 2022.

0014 With that said, here is the second online course on this topic.

One: Looking at William Lane Craig’s Book (2021) “In Quest of the Historical Adam”

(September 31-1, 2022, 21 blogs, 120 points)

Two: Looking at John Walton’s Book (2015) “The Lost World of Adam and Eve”

(August 30-1, 2022, 22 blogs, 192 points)

Three: Looking at Andrew Kulokovsky’s Overview (2005) “The Bible and Hermeneutics”

(May 27-16, 2022, 10 blogs, 85 points)

Four: Looking at Carol Hill’s Article (2021) “Original Sin with Respect to Science”

(February 25-7, 2022, 15 blogs, 72 points)

Five: Looking at Roy Clouser’s Article (2021) “… Support of Carol Hill’s Reading…”

(March 8-1, 2022, 6 blogs, 34 points)

Six: Looking at Mark S. Smith’s Book (2019) “The Genesis of Good and Evil”

(January 31-13, 2022, 16 blogs, 100 points)

0015 Total: 90 blogs, 603 points, 10 hours at 1 minute per point.

Maybe, this online course lasts around 2 weeks.

Enjoy this sample and consider purchasing Razie Mah’s online courses.

10/3/25

The Evolution of Talk: A Note on How to Proceed (Part 1 of 1)

EOT 0001 The evolution of talk is not the same as the evolution of language.

Language evolves in the milieu of hand-talk.

So, what is the story?

0002 A course on the topic of human evolution is already on the market.

See Razie Mah’s, A Course on the Human Niche, consisting of the masterwork, plus four commentaries.

The Human Niche

Comments on Clive Gamble, John Gowlett and Robin Dunbar’s Book (2014) Thinking Big

Comments on Derek Bickerton’s Book (2014) More Than Nature Needs

Comments on Robert Berwick and Noam Chomsky’s Book (2016) Why Only Us?

Comments on Steven Mithen’s Book (1996) The Prehistory of Mind.

0003 The works are available for purchase at various e-book venues.  In order to conduct the course, purchase the e-book to read on a tablet (or as a PDF to print).  The class is not didactic.  It is Socratic.  The style is read and discuss.  The text is broken into points.  Each point can be discussed.  So, a leisurely class may open the text, read out loud and ask what the point suggests.

0004 The masterwork came out in 2018 and is still highly relevant to inquiry into the Lebenswelt that we evolved in.

How so?

The human niche is the potential of triadic relations.

No other course on human evolution poses this ground-breaking hypothesis.

0005 Nonetheless, six years later, Razie Mah adds to the first course with a second, consisting in two sequences of blogs.  This blog-inclusive (as well as e-book exclusive) course serves as a supplement to the master course, especially in regards to the evolution of talk.

0006 The first sequence is collated and rounded out in a compilation, titled, Comments on Michael Tomasello’s Arc of Inquiry (1999-2019), making the blogs and the compilation ideal for a guided- and home-schooling course.

Michael Tomasello worked at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology for twenty years.  He wrote a series of books on the evolution of human cognition, communication, thinking, morality and so on.  In short, his books cover the evolution of the stuff of talk.

0007 Here is a list of the five commentaries in this first sequence.

One: Looking at Michael Tomasello’s Book (1999) “The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition”

(January 18-31, 2024, 12 blogs, 0-82 points)

Two: Looking at Michael Tomasello’s Book (2008) “Origins of Human Communication”

(January 17-4, 2024, 12 blogs, 83-186 points)

Three: Looking at Michael Thomasello’s Book (2014) “A Natural History of Human Thinking”

(February 29-5, 2024, 22 blogs, 187-388 points, completes Part 1 of Comments, see below)

Four: Looking at Michael Tomasello’s Book (2016) “A Natural History of Human Morality”

(March 26-1, 2024, 22 blogs, 389-600 points)

Five: Comments on Michael Tomasello’s Book (2019) “Becoming Human”

(points 601-793 are in Comments on Michael Tomasello’s Arc of Inquiry (1999-2019) Part 2, by Razie Mah, available at smashwords and other e-book venues)

0008 Yes, to complete the course, one needs to purchase Part 2.

How sneaky is that?

So, that is the meaning of “blog-inclusive and e-book exclusive”.

0009 The second sequence is collated in the compilation, titled, Synaesthesia and The Bicameral Mind in Human Evolution.   This compilation packages two commentaries on human evolution and sets the scene for a study of the first singularity.

This list continues the previous numbering.

Six: Looking at Steven Mithen’s Book (2024) “The Language Puzzle”

(September 29-4, 2025, 23 blogs, 0-235 points)

Seven: A First Look at Julian Jaynes’s Book (1976) “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind”.

(October 31-8, 2025, 21 blogs, 235-525 points)

0010 Overall, this hybrid online-onsale course on the evolution of talk, by Razie Mah, are available for sampling (on the blog) and may be purchased at any e-book venue.

Comments on Michael Tomasello’s Arc of Inquiry (1999-2019), Parts 1 and 2 contains 753 points.

Synaesthesia and the Bicameral Mind in Human Evolution contains 525 points.

0011 Total: 1278 points, 21 hours at 1 minute per point.

Perhaps, this online course lasts around 4 to 5 weeks.

Enjoy this sample and consider purchasing other Razie Mah’s online courses, especially the one on the human niche.