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<blockquote data-quote="SolomonVII" data-source="post: 60364094" data-attributes="member: 12407"><p>Same story, same words.</p><p>For one person, God is seen as saving us from ourselves.</p><p>For another, God is seen as the evil taskmaster damning us.</p><p></p><p>One might also see a retelling of the story of Adam and Eve being banned from the Garden in this, where nothing will be out of their reach compares to "they have become like us(God)"</p><p></p><p>"To make a name for themselves" is central here, for from Cain not being able to give up the best of his works, through to Onan not being able to give up his seed to the name of his dead brother, how one makes a name for oneself is a primary Biblical concern.</p><p></p><p>To speak against the name of God is the one commandment where punishment is promised. Names are important in the Bible.</p><p></p><p>Some Jewish scholars even surmise that it was Abraham's willingness to take Sarah as a wife, and let the name of his deceased brother thereby live on through Abraham giving his seed to the name of his dead brother, like Onan would not, is what caught God's eye and led to him choosing Abraham to carry on his plan for the ultimate redemption of the nations through Abraham.</p><p></p><p>For people who have been expulsed from partaking of everlasting life, living one through one's name is the only kind of immortality that there is left. Building up one's name through technological prowess falls short of the kind of people that God wants us to be.</p><p></p><p>So is God really a cruel taskmaster, capriciously damning us, or is he a loving Father, seeking to save us from ourselves, from our own evil inclinations to selfishly pursue endeavors whose claims to immortality are ultimately false?</p><p></p><p>It is good to ask questions; the answers we take away are determinate to the type of life we will walk away with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SolomonVII, post: 60364094, member: 12407"] Same story, same words. For one person, God is seen as saving us from ourselves. For another, God is seen as the evil taskmaster damning us. One might also see a retelling of the story of Adam and Eve being banned from the Garden in this, where nothing will be out of their reach compares to "they have become like us(God)" "To make a name for themselves" is central here, for from Cain not being able to give up the best of his works, through to Onan not being able to give up his seed to the name of his dead brother, how one makes a name for oneself is a primary Biblical concern. To speak against the name of God is the one commandment where punishment is promised. Names are important in the Bible. Some Jewish scholars even surmise that it was Abraham's willingness to take Sarah as a wife, and let the name of his deceased brother thereby live on through Abraham giving his seed to the name of his dead brother, like Onan would not, is what caught God's eye and led to him choosing Abraham to carry on his plan for the ultimate redemption of the nations through Abraham. For people who have been expulsed from partaking of everlasting life, living one through one's name is the only kind of immortality that there is left. Building up one's name through technological prowess falls short of the kind of people that God wants us to be. So is God really a cruel taskmaster, capriciously damning us, or is he a loving Father, seeking to save us from ourselves, from our own evil inclinations to selfishly pursue endeavors whose claims to immortality are ultimately false? It is good to ask questions; the answers we take away are determinate to the type of life we will walk away with. [/QUOTE]
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