01:358:205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unthinkable, Man Man
19 Oct 2018
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Speech done in mass, 1741 (but colonies made to escape religious persecution) All-powerful, full of wrath, angry, vengeful, ready to damn us without warning. Don"t eat the apple from the tree of knowledge (they become self-aware, know shame, evil, lust, realize they"re naked) Don"t know what evil is (wouldn"t do it?) Fundamental problems at heart of christianity (act of eating apple instead of the apple itself) If they didn"t eat the apple, humanity wouldn"t exist. What is revealed in this apocalypse (of adam and eve) Punishes curiosity (it"s what gets you in trouble), dealing with an angry god. Can"t question, must accept ways of god. After the fall, we die (human life is finite) Mercy - put in position to repopulate the earth. God"s covenant with noah (promise that he won"t flood the earth again. Flood - 40 days and 40 nights. Foundational aspect of humanity - to tell stories. But in this class, must be truths that affect everybody.
