Re: mtDNA Eve and the determination of humanity

In a message dated 3/1/2006 9:57:48 AM Eastern Standard Time,
chris.barden@gmail.com writes:
Or
is wisdom is not a necessary component of developing personal
discipline?

This whole argument may seem pedantic but I'm really just trying to
get a notion of what you think it means to imitate Christ and to avoid
sin, using your definition.
When he was a child, he had the wisdom of a child to address childish things,
as he grew and matured, his wisdom grew according to his needs to address
greater issues beyond those encountered in cloistered childhood. If he was God,
then his wisdom was always perfect and appropriate to the situation at hand.

It is a non-canonical text to be sure, but in the passage below, Jesus
reverses the fall and describes the redemption. He does it perfectly.
In the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus says,
 
             “When you disrobe without being ashamed… you will not be afraid.
”3

The Gospel of Thomas (37) The Nag Hammadi Library, revised edition, James. M.
Robinson, general editor, Thomas O. Lambdin, translator, Harper Collins, 1978
Compare that with genesis:

When Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the “tree of the knowledge of good and
evil” the “eyes of both of them were opened and they discovered that they were
naked; so they stitched fig-leaves together and made loincloths… and hid from
the Lord God.”1

Thanks for your response, Chris.

rich faussette
Received on Wed Mar 1 12:18:56 2006