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Author Topic:   Bible Question: What was the First Sin?
Archer Opteryx
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Message 164 of 312 (395374)
04-16-2007 6:11 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Brian
08-27-2003 12:57 PM


Asleep at the Cosmic Wheel
What was the first sin committed by a human in the Bible?
Why only humans? Let's talk about the first sin committed by anybody.
The sin of hubris--committed when a deity leaves his Garden unattended.
Just look at the mess that makes!

Archer
All species are transitional.

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Archer Opteryx
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From: East Asia
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Message 166 of 312 (395887)
04-18-2007 10:13 AM
Reply to: Message 165 by Juraikken
04-16-2007 1:00 PM


Re: God knows what He's doing
Juraikken:
you think that was without purpose?
and He was there, He was watching all the time
Spying on those nekkid people while they lost their innocence. Gotcha.
So the first sin was not hubris. It was prurience.
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Archer
All species are transitional.

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Archer Opteryx
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Message 244 of 312 (415188)
08-08-2007 5:27 PM
Reply to: Message 241 by nina70
08-08-2007 3:20 PM


Re: Symbolic Beliefs and the Reality of God
nina70:
God made us on his image. That doesn't mean shape of a head or teeth but capability to seek for justice, harmony, and above all to use a free will he gave us. That free will was also given to Adam and Eve. They use it as they did, and now we are where we are.
What if I like where I am?
And I do like Adam and Eve. I like their hunger for knowledge. I like their willingness to take risks. I like their initiative. I like people who get naked. Well, usually.
The blame game they went though after their snack isn't their best moment, true. But they were new at this. You can't expect people to be experts in accepting responsibility the first time they are called upon to do it.
And it was a setup. God left two innocents alone in a garden with a talking snake after doing everything he could to call attention to a tree that, if he hadn't metioned anything, they'd have likely passed unnoticed. He did everything but hang a neon sign on that thing saying EAT ME.
God should find their actions easy enough to forgive. I would.
Welcome to EvC.
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Archer
All species are transitional.

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