RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Qin Shi Huang, Qin Dynasty, Emperor Yao

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 253
• Professor: G Hori

Document Summary

Universe begins as an egg; pangu came out from the egg. With his hands he pushes heaven up; with his feet he pushes earth down. In chinese mythology, three-legged crow living in the sun and frog that lives in the moon. When pangu died, his breath became the wind and clouds, voice became the thunder, let and right eyes the sun and moon; he exploded, his parts became diferent parts of the universe. Contrast between chinese mythology vs western mythology. Theologists argued that it was god who created science. God who made natural scieniic world: god creaing the universe called clockwork creaion. Just like clockmaker makes clock and the clock can move on its own. So can god make nature and for nature to operate on its own without his interference. God exists outside the universe he creates; more than his creaion. He is imminent in the object of his creaion. No disincion between the creator and the created.