Year of living biblically

1) Describe / Summarize why Jacobs goes to the creationist museum and the main points or ideas Jacobs learns or struggles with in his visit to the museum.

"creationism is biblical literalism at its purest, that's why [he] needs to check it out" (56). he learns that some creationists are superbly aware of science supporting their creationism such as a fact that ninety percent of age-dating methods are faulty to defend the date of creation of the earth, unlike hill billies who believe in creationism, cause they can't find anything else. however he also realizes that "their faith in the literal bible is so strong, they will squeeze and distort all data to fit the Genesis account" to the excessive extent. another thing he learns is that there are various spectrums of creationists and their faith in it from moderate ones to extreme ones. one creationist could believe in geocentrism whereas other creationist would believe in heliocentrism. however moderation is always a relative term. one more thing he learns is that media portrays religion in a biased way, regardless of its purpose to support or degrade. he also finds that the measurement used in the Bible is different from that used in the modern days, even though the spelling is the same back then and now. even after going through all the convincing brainwash process, he still finds himself with a belief in evolutionism

2) Comment / describe what Jacobs spiritually struggles with or discovers on one of the following:

- "Original intent" of the bible
he tries to find the original intent of the bible and wants to live the original religion, inspired by Scalia who gave a speech in order to criticize people who believe the Constitution should evolve with society. he thinks finding the original intent of the bible is difficult, being aware of the facts that the Bible was written thousands of years ago by people with profoundly different world-views, and that it was written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek rather than English, which makes it the most mistranslated text in history. Consequently he tries to compensate the missing parts in any way he can such as flipping between different versions, trying to learn Hebrew and Greek as well as asking the advisory board.

3) Describe what Jacobs specifically admires about the prophets (especially by the end of the second month?

Jacobs admires prophets' message of social justice and the way they delivered those messages. they didn't just go to some podium and speak about the social justice but sacrificed themselves to maximize the efficiency and effect of their messages and publicized their sacrifices to everyone without fear."they proved that in the name of truth, sometimes you can't be afraid to take a left turn from polite society and look absurd"