In Jiang's reading, Yahweh does not banish Adam and Eve merely because they disobey; he fears they will become like God if knowledge of good and evil is joined to the tree of life.
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In Jiang's reading, Yahweh does not banish Adam and Eve merely because they disobey; he fears they will become like God if knowledge of good and evil is joined to the tree of life.
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If human self-reflection and growth could continue forever through the tree of life, humans would become as powerful as God.
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"So I'll explain first what the Bible says and then I'll explain how we can interpret the story. Okay. So God says to Adam..."
"And when Yahweh commands them to come out and he sees right away they're embarrassed about their nakedness. They're embarrassed about being confronted by..."
"Okay? And the Lord God made garments of skins for the man and his wife and clothed them. Then the Lord said see the..."
"Therefore it's evil. Therefore I shouldn't do it again. Therefore I should avoid this table. So knowing good and evil means you have the..."
"...are gods that man may not become as they participate in godlike food? What prevents, for human's idealistic godlike society, Prevent men from becoming..."
"Remember your own father, great godlike Achilles, as old as I am, past the threshold of deadly old age. No doubt the countrymen round..."
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