HUMS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Sorus
12 Nov 2014
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Hums 1000 - myth & symbol - lecture 18: genesis continued 2. After- noah builds altar and makes animal sacrifices. God assures he will no longer destroy humanity and accept that humans are bad. God blessed noah and sons- allowing them to increase and multiply. Says they will dominate everything on earth. This means they are created to be the gardeners of earth (take care of. The adam- he makes a decision, the earth suffers- fertility of the world suffer. Cain- makes a decision, he is banished from the earth. God says to noah and sons they can now eat other creatures so long as they"re dead. Says if you kill another person, you will be killed too. (capital punishment 101) Humans are made in god"s image, so you can"t kill them. Allows them to kill animals to compensate for the urge to kill other humans.
