RE: Why was Adam exempt from the transgression when the transgression was disobedience?
September 24, 2014 at 11:07 am
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2014 at 11:16 am by The Grand Nudger.)
The Other, though, I suppose that need not be "other than"...hehehe? Perhaps the serpent seduced adams wife, perhaps it represents a counterculture, perhaps a minority report, perhaps it represents our inner monologue confronted with the decrees of authority - our ability to see through the lies told "for our own good" - and then, in seeing them, our inability to resist the temptation to point them out or act upon that knowledge.
Or, maybe, the author told a story about dragons to keep coins falling in the cup - and it represents nothing other than entertainment. It's difficult to answer questions like these. Living authors are often told what their own work represents despite their vocal disagreement with the assessments of others. Does the author actually own the narrative - does the author get to determine what it represents after it's been let loose "in the wild"? Personally, I don't think so (but I can understand their indignation if and when a narrative becomes the antithesis of whatever they intended).
Or, maybe, the author told a story about dragons to keep coins falling in the cup - and it represents nothing other than entertainment. It's difficult to answer questions like these. Living authors are often told what their own work represents despite their vocal disagreement with the assessments of others. Does the author actually own the narrative - does the author get to determine what it represents after it's been let loose "in the wild"? Personally, I don't think so (but I can understand their indignation if and when a narrative becomes the antithesis of whatever they intended).
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