...that man was unaware of his nakedness before his 'eyes were opened and he was shamed.' Is this evidence that at one time man was unaware of himself, much like the animals, and that realizing his 'self' he changed (OMG- I exist phenomenum)? What did he change into? Is he no longer an animal? Or is he still and animal and just confused, lonely, and scared? Maybe the death God infers in Genesis is self-awareness.
2007-12-03 02:22:34 · 3 answers · asked by 12th 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yea, but they were naked johnathon. I can tell my dog not to bark and he won't....for a lil' bit...just like the humans.
2007-12-03 02:31:21 · update #1
joseph....so Adam and Eve went to hell?
2007-12-03 02:32:05 · update #2
I think man probably walked around nude stinking and gross until women made his feel ashamed about it...lol
2007-12-03 02:35:39 · update #3
excellent tylertx...but I think the fall was self-awareness and the pitfalls of it.
2007-12-03 02:48:48 · update #4
The problem being Jonathan--one has to be sentient--that is--self aware--and this is the basic conundrum of the genisis story. It is clear that before eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil that adam and eve were not sentient beings--as such the act of eating the fruit could not have been a sin because they did not have the capacity to understand it until after they did so. Would be much like punishing your dog because he did not pick up a pencil and write an essay on Socrates--would make no sense as your dog does not have the capacity. What makes more sense here is that Adam and Eve are the biblical allegory to the sentience of man. Being an animal in a perfect place with plenty of food-water-sex--and no questioning reasoning mind would be heaven--to be able to reason-to be able to do right and wrong--that is the true nature of the fall.
2007-12-03 02:36:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're guessing. Better do some homework. The death God refers to in Genesis is the same death Christ cried out against on the cross ("My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me.") It is separation from God: for us, eternal separation.
2007-12-03 10:30:44 · answer #2 · answered by joseph8638 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What this is in reference to is sin, before Adam and Eve sinned against God, they knew not what sin was, and therefore they could be naked and sin not.
2007-12-03 10:29:44 · answer #3 · answered by ۞ JønaŦhan ۞ 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋