Jesus death humbles humans into remorse so they stop trying to become God and remember the path toward light.
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Remorse
Dante's answer, as Jiang presents it, is that God sacrifices himself because every other path falls short of justice: the self-sacrifice both proves love and teaches humans remorse.
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Dante's answer, as Jiang presents it, is that God sacrifices himself because every other path falls short of justice: the self-sacrifice both proves love and teaches humans remorse.
The garments of skin are read as Yahweh giving Adam and Eve a present after punishment, showing remorse and regret.
The story of Adam and Eve is framed as domestic comedy: a bad parent lies, punishes, then tries to repair the relationship because he knows he was wrong.
The mark of Cain is interpreted as Yahweh's protective response after Cain argues that banishment will expose him to death.
Priam's refusal to kill Achilles and his act of kneeling and kissing Achilles' hand produce awe, shame, and remorse in Achilles.
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"...would be humbled by a sacrifice. We would feel so much remorse and regret for making God die that we would never, ever disobey..."
"the power to offer satisfaction by himself we want to kill God that was the original sin we wanted to eat that fruit become..."
"so i'm going to use a metaphor to explain this idea it it's a very it's not a great metaphor but i think this..."
"...this she has to cry she has to cry and feel remorse for what she did and she also cries because she knows i..."
"...ways to interpret this but I think this is God showing remorse and regret. Okay? This is a radical idea but this is God..."
"Right? So imagine this. Imagine you're my two daughters. Okay? And you're like six or seven years old. And you see me at night..."
"And you drink whiskey. And you're very you become very happy and you throw up. I come home and I shout at you you..."
"So again it's a domestic comedy. You're my girls you're my you're my daughters you go to school and you work very hard on..."
"I will protect you okay? And this is again God showing remorse and regret for what he's done. Because God knows in his heart..."
"...love for his son so much that he feels shame and remorse for what he's done to Hector. And he returns Hector's body to..."
"guilt and remorse for failing his son children spies watch Achilles drag Hector's body day and night they take turns spying and they know..."
"...this is this. After Yahweh destroys the world, he feels tremendous remorse for what he's done. He promises Noah. As long as humans are..."
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