• WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    It just struck me -

    Ironically enough, in a way, these stories are essentially a retelling of Adam’s fall from grace, just with some of the details changed.

    The basic gist of the story is identical - humans were living in a state of grace right up until the moment that the evil [serpent/christian nationalists/etc.] corrupted them with [knowledge/racism/etc.].

    Though I don’t feel it myself, there must be some common gut level appeal to that whole idea.

    (edited for clarity)

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      3 months ago

      My own take is that the story of Adam is simply intended to teach us that self awareness means you are capable of acting against your own self interest; the greater your “knowledge”, the greater your capacity for “sin”. Whether as an individual or a community. But some sexist bigots managed to somehow make it a story about the evil nature of women instead, which is total bull.

      So yeah, that’s gonna be a very universal idea.

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        Yep! I always understood the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil to be the Christian mythology’s explaination for the birth of consciousness. Once you’re conscious of the concepts of right and wrong you’ll be capable of feeling shame for your mistakes.

        Throwing Eve under the bus is a real beta move.

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      3 months ago

      Yeah, that’s a cool observation and it makes sense. There’s an idea that there’s really only one “story”, which is the hero’s journey. I think it might be a fundamental way of how people frame their experiences and observations.