2/04/2008

But off in the corner is that tree

Sunday February 10th, Genesis 2: 15 The LORD God put the man in the Garden of Eden to take care of it and to look after it. 16 But the LORD told him, "You may eat fruit from any tree in the garden, 17 except the one that has the power to let you know the difference between right and wrong. If you eat any fruit from that tree, you will die before the day is over!" The loving God places the first humans in a place of idyllic beauty and cares for them. They are loving and kind and go about their days without a worry in the world. Instinct guides their every move and blissful happiness fills their every moment. They are happy to eat and sleep and play. But off in the corner is that tree. The inevitable will happen, we all know that. Humans will want more, even if told not to. What is death, they wonder, and why should it be feared. In the meantime, these happy, idyllic instinctual beings just live day by day without a care in the world, except for wondering about that tree and what death might mean. The creation story continues, the being is created, but not quite in the image of God as of yet. Can poetic prose really describe scientific theory?

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