In a message dated 3/4/2006 12:00:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, jack syme
writes:
No special creation in the physical sense. But there has to be something
unique about mankind, something that seperates us from animals; the "imagio dei."
His reason... his knowledge that there is good and evil.
"The divine element in mankind's creation explains why, in obvious
distinction from the animals, the human race has self consciousness and reason. It also
explains why, in Babylonian belief, men live on after death as spirits or
shades in the Netherworld."
From the introduction to Andrew George's translation of The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Enkidu is imbued with reason after he is seduced by Shamhat.
This is also the core of the allegory of Adam and Eve. What is unique about
man is man's self consciousness and reason, his ontology.
rich faussette
Received on Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:04:05 EST
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