Irony is identifying a gene that garbles and confuses with a various mix of numbers and letters that are equally confusing and garbled to the rest of the world. There ya go folks, that's what a dyslexic reads! I am sure to the science community it makes perfect sense but if you are trying to address these mind boggled but brilliant people ( I am modest too:) ) the least you could do is name it Gene Bob or something easy. Dyslexics of the world UNTIE!!!
Aslan, who is a representation of the Christian God in the purest form as he gave his life in sacrifice, informed the people of Narnia (the land he created) that if something was done of love, of truth and the virtues that he represents it was done in his name, not the name of Tash. The Chronicles of Narnia I read as a child like most read Tolkien (over and over.:) ) Even though I am not a Christian, I could not and did not want to ignore the blatant religious overtones. However I found the message to be one of love and not oppression as one normally thinks when approached by 'religious freaks'. Granted in Narnia is was allot easier to believe in Aslan since he did make quite a few appearances as opposed to the Christian God so he wasn't exactly a presence one had to take on faith, even if they were few and far between. He was also a huge male lion and frankly I wouldn't care to be the one who had to look at him and say " Hey, you know I am just.. NOT convinced that you exist." Interesting side note here, Tolkien and C.S.Lewis were very good friends. In fact the character TreeBeard was a gentle poke at C.S. Lewis as both ent and human were known for their slow and deliberant manner of speaking.
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Irony is identifying a gene that garbles and confuses with a various mix of numbers and letters that are equally confusing and garbled to the rest of the world. There ya go folks, that's what a dyslexic reads! I am sure to the science community it makes perfect sense but if you are trying to address these mind boggled but brilliant people ( I am modest too :) ) the least you could do is name it Gene Bob or something easy. Dyslexics of the world UNTIE!!!
Aslan, who is a representation of the Christian God in the purest form as he gave his life in sacrifice, informed the people of Narnia (the land he created) that if something was done of love, of truth and the virtues that he represents it was done in his name, not the name of Tash. The Chronicles of Narnia I read as a child like most read Tolkien (over and over. :) ) Even though I am not a Christian, I could not and did not want to ignore the blatant religious overtones. However I found the message to be one of love and not oppression as one normally thinks when approached by 'religious freaks'. Granted in Narnia is was allot easier to believe in Aslan since he did make quite a few appearances as opposed to the Christian God so he wasn't exactly a presence one had to take on faith, even if they were few and far between. He was also a huge male lion and frankly I wouldn't care to be the one who had to look at him and say " Hey, you know I am just.. NOT convinced that you exist." Interesting side note here, Tolkien and C.S.Lewis were very good friends. In fact the character TreeBeard was a gentle poke at C.S. Lewis as both ent and human were known for their slow and deliberant manner of speaking.