Rethinking Genesis

The thing about technology is that there is no escaping the link between how we think about technology and what we think the Book of Genesis is telling us.

Really until recently there were no too many options for a theology behind Genesis. Mostly, buried within much of how we have been brought up to understand Genesis incorporates substantial amounts of Greek philosophy, particularly Plato. Any good history of Christian theology will explain the story.

Interestingly, a neo-Platonic view of Genesis leads directly to a view a hyper critical understanding of technology. In contrast John Walton, has suggested that Genesis uses the cultural ideas of functional creation to communication the ideas of Yahweh.