RE: The Fall as Allegorical Fiction.
July 20, 2014 at 8:33 pm
(This post was last modified: July 20, 2014 at 8:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Knowledge is not bad, in the narrative (or else they would have called it knowledge, not the knowledge of good and evil). Knowledge is suffering. They were already naked - had been since day one, they simply didn't know that they should be ashamed (the originators experience). Knowledge can change a situation without any physical alteration. Something can be okay and fun...and then suddenly, not so. You can almost taste the authors regret about having gained the knowledge of shame, for instance.
Keep in mind, I'm referencing this without theology, I don't need it, neither do the narratives. That knowledge is bad is some self hating jews idea that they were better off without the law, as ignorant as they may have been. "Noble savage" sort of shit.
Keep in mind, I'm referencing this without theology, I don't need it, neither do the narratives. That knowledge is bad is some self hating jews idea that they were better off without the law, as ignorant as they may have been. "Noble savage" sort of shit.
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