• Summary and Expansion

  • Escaping from Eden by Paul Wallis: Does Genesis Teach That the Human Race Was Created by God or Engineered by ETs?
  • By: Scott Campbell
  • Narrated by: Scott Campbell
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
  • 2.4 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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Summary and Expansion

By: Scott Campbell
Narrated by: Scott Campbell
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Rather than the original text, this is a summary and expansion book - a form of efficiency that expands on Paul's topics. It is not meant to replace Paul's fine book.

Current Christian theologists turn to Genesis to tell the faithful that a single all-powerful God, although judgmental, temperamental, and sometimes ruthless, created the universe. They lecture us about the sins of Adam and Eve and the origins of humans.

Paul Wallis, an experienced clergyman, lecturer, and author, took a close look at the book of Genesis when he was laid flat on his back from an injury and could not preach for a while.
He came across such anomalies and contradictions that he concluded that was not reading the original versions of the famous stories.

His first task: Find the original narratives and clarify their suggestions about where we came from, who we came from, and who we are.

Ancient stories of human origins were nearly eliminated from the Hebrew Scriptures in the sixth century BC. In the Christian writings in the second and third centuries AD, many creation myths found themselves denied access. Why? What were the new authors and editors hiding?

As we take the same red pills that Neo took in the Matrix and join Alice in going down the rabbit hole, we find ourselves roaming through ancient Greece, Africa, India, Mesoamerica, and above all, Sumeria. We are not in a search for a traditional monotheistic figurehead, but, according to the myths, for evidence of a Sky Council - a heavenly council of extraterrestrials. In regard to Genesis, we will have to discard the illusions of a monotheistic god from the past to embrace new possibilities of Human projects orchestrated by advanced aliens, including wars. To milk a planet properly, a variety of alien species would compete for easy access to resources.
History is clear in the thousands of cuneiform tablets in Sumeria. Early Human civilizations constructed impressive buildings, mined resources, and fought wars. They did not, however, construct images depicting only one god or one humanoid form.

Playing explorer, researcher, clergyman, and detective, Paul Wallis in Escaping from Eden undercovers mindboggling secrets about biblical texts. Their implications demand a rethinking of the Abrahamic religions and a new openness to alien contact, influence, and even creation. His conclusions will be as controversial as they are informative and as broad-scoped as the challenge to entire belief systems. It turns out that DNA likely originated off-planet by advanced alien genetic engineers and came here through space over four billion years ago. That civilization may be our “makers” and might have paid us a few, or many, visits to tweak us in the direction that they wanted. It looks like they encountered some competition along the way.

With such a book by Wallis, the entire universe and the origins of humans come into an improved - but unsettling - scientific and spiritual focus.

©2021 Scott Campbell (P)2021 Scott Campbell

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Why ruin such an epic with this terrible narration, Paul’s work is very intriguing and brings to life a lot of unanswered questions. However the narration an audible version of this book is just bad. This is either a joke or somebody doesn’t want this book to be heard.

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Poorly Done

Very disappointed in this audio book. I was waiting to hear this book and unfortunately the audio is poor, very difficult to listen too.

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Terrible narration

Poorly done. What a shame for such a great story by Paul Wallace. Lack of pronunciation makes it hard to follow.

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All old news nothing is new in this book that I haven’t read or

I actually thought this book would have something new in it but there was nothing new. I do know all of what it said and I’m looking for informational new information I guess it would be a book for somebody who doesn’t keep up with new information in new theories

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Painful listening to narrator. Distracted from content. Will order book at read myself.

Painful listening to narrator which Distracted me from the books content. Will buy book and read myself. Don’t recommend Scott Campbell’s narration.

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Story left me wondering

To me it shows that the Bible ties in to alien possibilities.
I found the narrator irritating and choppy.

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lots of good individual pieces of information

plenty to think about in this short discussion. the narrator could make a better presentation with better recording equipment and slowing down and emphasizing points as he goes. it's a little bit like racing through the material.

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