RE: Was sin necessary for knowledge?
November 18, 2018 at 1:11 am
(This post was last modified: November 18, 2018 at 1:28 am by The Grand Nudger.)
All things to all men, it seems. Also a problem. Here again, though, we've rejected that view a few choices back.
Ultimately, btw, I think that any attempt to derive an ideology consistent with an entirely disparate religion what would be thousands of years in the future (assuming that the OT narrative as we have it is part of a much older oral tradition) is misguided and unfair to the narrative. OFC this story won't be able to meet that expectation, and it's just a story.
Problems of consistent retroactive application are in no way shape or form shortcomings of the narrative itself.
Ultimately, btw, I think that any attempt to derive an ideology consistent with an entirely disparate religion what would be thousands of years in the future (assuming that the OT narrative as we have it is part of a much older oral tradition) is misguided and unfair to the narrative. OFC this story won't be able to meet that expectation, and it's just a story.
Problems of consistent retroactive application are in no way shape or form shortcomings of the narrative itself.
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