That the authors availed themselves of poetic license means that any literalist reading is bound to end up containing elements of thematic fiction-as-fact.
Things like the tree, the fruit, and the dragon.
As a just so story the main take-away should probably be that human beings were once favored, but disobeyed god in a meaningful and consequential way, and this sets the stage for the rest of the narrative. Trying to tease out the relationship between sin and knowledge (and other bits of theology) from it (in any reading, literalist, allegory, metaphor, composite) is, imo, a futile endeavor. This was a quick story, the narrator was not attempting to establish such a relationship nor was the narrator particularly concerned with whatever thorny theological issues that might be contained within or might one day arise pursuant to extra-narrative commitments of faith.
Things like the tree, the fruit, and the dragon.
As a just so story the main take-away should probably be that human beings were once favored, but disobeyed god in a meaningful and consequential way, and this sets the stage for the rest of the narrative. Trying to tease out the relationship between sin and knowledge (and other bits of theology) from it (in any reading, literalist, allegory, metaphor, composite) is, imo, a futile endeavor. This was a quick story, the narrator was not attempting to establish such a relationship nor was the narrator particularly concerned with whatever thorny theological issues that might be contained within or might one day arise pursuant to extra-narrative commitments of faith.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
