From: Iain Strachan (iain.strachan.asa@ntlworld.com)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 02:18:04 EDT
> “By the sweat of your face, You will eat bread, Till you return to the
ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you
shall return.” Gen. 3.19
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> I do not see any mythology in this verse. It seems that it describes
perfectly the state of mankind. We have to work to eat and one day we will
die. Perhaps this is not a valid statement for those who are on welfare but
for the rest of us it is quite accurate. Am I missing something?
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With all due respect, I think you are now taking it out of context. What
Jim clearly means by stating that this is mythology can only be appreciated
in the context; i.e. that God was announcing His punishment of Adam because
of Adam's sin. The logical inference to this surely is that this was not
the state of mankind prior to Adam's sin. At least, that's how I understand
Jim's point. I don't think, therefore, you have provided a satisfactory
answer to it. I'm not pretending I have an answer for it either; maybe I'm
deluding myself by not taking the atheist option? I don't believe so, but I
have to admit that I don't have an answer for this one.
Iain.
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