Please . . . tell us more. Cryptic works best in the vast halls of its author's own mind. The rest of us need to be brought up to speed.Spezialist wrote:Spezialist wrote:Gen. 3:3 everything after is man negotiating with G0D
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Man negotiating with a book.
I see it differently.King James
Genesis 3.3
"But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die."American Dumbdown Commentary
3:1-5 "Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. "
The word "sin" in its original iteration meant "to separate" or "to be separated". Original Sin, therefore is more of a descriptive state of being separated from your mother's womb at birth. I don't see the perjorative aspect of "sin" in this view.
So the big fall in the garden can be also interpreted in a more balanced nuanced way. If you become Aware, you will become aware of death. You will live with an understanding that you die. You will become aware of the exertions of staying alive "working by the sweat of your brow". You will be aware of childbirth, the pain solely borne by the woman while the guy gets a pass, that's an awareness we are still working out in 2014.
Who but punitive old religion hawkers think that God did not want to bring us into Awareness?
Colin