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temptation...
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The story attempts to explain
the origin of sin and evil. It isnor clear what kind of sin Adam
and Eve committed. Nor does
the story tell how the first sin was
committed.
However, the message is clear. It
tells us that man was tempted,
his free will was tempted. Man failed;he made the wrong choice. He was
disobedient to Gods order, maybe
because he wanted to be like God.
This would point to mans pride.
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Evil can be presented as
very attractive and good:
the woman saw that the tree was
good for food, pleasing to the
eyes, and desirable for gaining
wisdom. So she ate, and she
also gave some to her husband
and he ate it.
When man stops listening to Godand entertains temptations, his fall is very near.
This illustrates how easily
man can pull along his
fellowman in his fall.
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Most of all, he presents the outcome of disobedience as
something beautiful, desirable, and pleasing to man:
Your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods.
The serpent is the
tempter in the story.
The Bible
often uses
the symbolof the
serpent to
speak of the
devil.
The serpent
questions
the wisdom
and validity
of Gods
order.
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The author says: They
realized that they were naked.
They were afraid of God, theyhid themselves. But knows
everything. He called Adam
and asked him why he had
done it. Adam put the blameon eve, Eve on the serpent.
After the first sin was committed,
Adam and Eve realized that they
did wrong. They felt guilty andashamed.
Man always tries to justify or excuse his shortcomings and
failures. But every person is responsible for his own acts.The Love story of God and His People, 1984, Fr. Luc Colla CICM, Vera Reyes, Inc.
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It makes light of the real
personal harm caused by sins topersons, families and whole
communities.
Usually we Filipinos are
ever ready to excuse our own
and others' faults: "Sapagkattayo'y tao lamang."
We often interpret our mis-
fortunes as punishment from Godfor our sins (tadhana), or as a test
from God (pagsubok). But this can lead us to
concentrate on the
punishment rather than
the real evil of sin itself.
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What really bothers most of us
is not so much the moral evil of sinas the feeling of shame (hiya),
of losing face before others.
The exclamation "Sorry!"
is used so frequently in
common speech to mean
something like "pasensiya"that it no longer expresses any
genuine sorrow or contrition,
with firm intention of
changing one's ways.
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But perhaps the more common obstacle
to living as outgoing, charitable,
forgiving Christians in daily life is theintense concern we normally feel for
family, friends and relatives
"kamag-anak".
Unfortunately, this often is combined with
complete unconcernfor others. Another
common problem arises when, with the
familiar bayanihan spirit, some sociallyoriented project is begun. Too often it fails
because of the "ningas-kugon"defect of
not following through when the initial
enthusiasm wanes.
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= the couples awareness of theirnakedness after they sinned
suggests that a change took
place in their consciousness
= they were no longer at ease with themselves
= sin had worked a profound change in them
1. It alienatesor divides people
from themselves
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the first couple felt unconformable with Godspresence hence they hide
2. It alienates peoplefrom God
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two ways we can observe:
a. As a result of sin, nature pictured as being at warwith the couple. The soil brings forth weeds and
thorns. It causes them to labor and sweat
b. As a result of sin, the 1stcouple's bodies is also at
war against them. Their bodies are no longer under
their control. They are controlled by pain and death.
3. It alienates peoplefrom nature
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= in Gen 4:1-10,16 the story of Cains violence
= the storys main purpose basically is to teach that
when people break faith with God, they soon break
faith with one another.
4. It alienates peoplefrom each other.
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= the flood
story [Gen 6-9]
5. Leads to destructionof ourselves and our
world
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= the story of the tower of Babylon [Gen 11.1-10]
6. It alienates nationfrom nation
[Gen 11:1-10]
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Finally, since man and his wife were nowexcluded from partaking of the fruit of the tree
of life (cf. Gn 3:22-24), death will be theirs, "For
you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
(Gen 3:19). Catechism for Filipino Catholics chapter 8, context 372-373
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also:
Notes coming from Mr. N. Benter