Theos-Talk Archives (December 1996 Message tl00777)

Mark Kusek wrote:
>
> Couldn't the condeming pall of "original sin" and the misogynistic
> attitude towards women via Eve be a later, misinterpretive political
> usurpation?

	Note that "original sin" is a Christian, not a Jewish concept. In
Judaism, the general belief is that the tree of knowledge had no special
powers; it taught Adam and Eve that it was physically possible to
disobey the word of God. God then made them partners in creation (read
the curses as blessings: By the sweat of your brow, YOU SHALL EAT BREAD.
In pain YOU WILL BEAR CHILDREN).

	Now, think of it as a theosophical allegory, with the serpent as the
4th root race, handing its monads over to the 5th root race, who, in the
process, become sentient (knowing that they will die).

	Bart Lidofsky