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As a result of Original Sin in Genesis 3, humans continue to go down a path of selfishness, indulgence, and non-virtue as generations go by. The world has become, as Kass states in the reading, like a Hobbesian State of Nature, filled with violence and anarachy. This lack of godliness is so encompassing and persistentContinue reading “Response 1/21/2020”

This account emphasizes knowledge because knowledge is the defining characteristic of being God-like. It then becomes necessary to understand what exactly is meant by knowledge in Genesis 2-3, and how possessing it makes one like God. According to Legaspi, the knowledge that is communicated by eating fruit from “the tree of the knowledge of goodContinue reading “Response 1/16/2020”

In Genesis 1:1-2:4, God is creating the universe. The human person is created in God’s image and charged with taking dominion over the Earth, that is, caring for all living creatures and the Earth as a whole. God resting on the seventh day is not a physical rest; it is more of a stopping orContinue reading “Response 1/14/2020”