Jesus as Biologist
Jesus as Biologist is a book by George Bernard Shaw that explores the scientific and philosophical ideas of Jesus Christ through the lens of biology. The book argues that Jesus was ahead of his time in understanding the natural world, and that his teachings can be interpreted as a form of biological science. It also discusses how Jesus's views on morality and ethics are rooted in an understanding of the interconnectedness of all living things.
By George Bernard Shaw · First published 1948 · Genre: Philosophical Fiction, Religious Commentary, Science Fiction · 196 words
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He was also, as we now see, a first-rate biologist. It took a century and a half of evolutionary preachers, from Buffon and Goethe to Butler and Bergson, to convince us that we and our father are one; that as the kingdom of heaven is within us we need not go about looking for it and crying Lo here! and Lo there! ; that God is not a picture of a pompous person in white robes in the family Bible, but a spirit; that it is through this spirit that we evolve towards greater abundance of life; that we are the lamps in which the light of the world burns: that, in cohort, we are gods though we die like men. All that is today sound biology and psychology; and the efforts of Natural Selectionists like Weismann to reduce evolution to mere automatism have not touched the doctrine of Jesus, though they have made short work of the theologians who conceived God as a magnate keeping men and angels as Lord Rothschild keeps buffaloes and emus at Tring.
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- Work type: Essay
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Date: 1948 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Philosophical Fiction, Religious Commentary, Science Fiction, Satire, Essay
- Length: 196 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Difficult (10th-12th Grade)
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Genres
- Philosophical Fiction — Explores philosophical themes about the nature of divinity and human evolution.
- Religious Commentary — Offers a reinterpretation of religious concepts through a biological lens.
- Science Fiction — Integrates scientific ideas with speculative elements about evolution and divinity.
- Satire — Uses wit to critique traditional religious and scientific views.
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religion · biology · philosophy · theology · science · Christianity · nature · evolution · spirituality · metaphysics · humanity · ethics