The book of Genesis and the ideas therein serve as the foundation for original sin philosophy as well as the creation of man.
The narrative of Genesis is a retrospective, written from the vantage point of the people in one age concerning their religious heritage as it relates to the experience of their ancestors. It provides and explanation for where they are and were they hope to go as a faithful people.
The vantage point is the captivity period of Babylon which the redacted material dates to. Some elements of the writings appear older but are mixed with redactions or edits that place the writings around the period of the captivity.
The narratives make interesting but inconsistent statements about "original sin" as well as original man.
The philosophy of original sin does not stand up to scrutiny even within the narrative used to establish the concept.
Sin has always been a choice inherent within the children of God high and low. Death is a normal fact of life, Christ himself elected to pass through the experience of death while on earth.
The narrative of Genesis is a retrospective, written from the vantage point of the people in one age concerning their religious heritage as it relates to the experience of their ancestors. It provides and explanation for where they are and were they hope to go as a faithful people.
The vantage point is the captivity period of Babylon which the redacted material dates to. Some elements of the writings appear older but are mixed with redactions or edits that place the writings around the period of the captivity.
The narratives make interesting but inconsistent statements about "original sin" as well as original man.
* Adam and Eve are said to have materialized as first, a full grown man, then a full grown women, both of whom are previously educated, speak the same language and have a knowledge of a Gods requirements for them. Considering what we know about the earth now, it's age, the evolutionary record of life exposed by geology and archaeology, Adam and Eve would be classified as extra terrestrial.
* An unexplained "crafty beast" appears in the narrative (later books would say he was the devil). This beast was already fallen, already evil, already working against Gods plan for the pair, he spoke the same language, he also knew what Gods will was for them. Sin was already on the earth in the fallen devil, it was not original to A&E. The crafty beast was Sinful, first Eve then Adam succumb to the persuasions of the "beast".
* There were 2 important trees in the garden home, one was the figurative tree of forbidden fruit (opposing Gods will) the other was "the tree of life" (it sustained the pairs immortality status) but was taken from them upon their fall. Death came to the pair, not the earth. Death was already normal for man, we can see that in the archeological record.
*** The sin of Eve caused a biological change within her descendants, the severe pains of childbirth experienced by certain demographics in the world, not the entire population.
* Cain would leave the garden after killing his brother, but he was fearful of the tribes of a populated earth. He would go to the land of Nod where he found a wife and became ruler of a city.
*** The sin of Eve caused a biological change within her descendants, the severe pains of childbirth experienced by certain demographics in the world, not the entire population.
* Cain would leave the garden after killing his brother, but he was fearful of the tribes of a populated earth. He would go to the land of Nod where he found a wife and became ruler of a city.
The philosophy of original sin does not stand up to scrutiny even within the narrative used to establish the concept.
Sin has always been a choice inherent within the children of God high and low. Death is a normal fact of life, Christ himself elected to pass through the experience of death while on earth.
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