Amazing Tour Stuff
Again, we're touring Cris Walley's, The Shadow and Night. I've been going around to the different posts and having fun reading. There's some interesting and thought-provoking stuff out there this time. I'd like to point you to some of it.
Cris Hopper has got the awesome speculation, "what if" going on at his blog. Go check it out and think about the question he asks. It's an interesting discussion.
Becky talks about setting and lets us in on how the books all fit together with the re-release and all (which I was confused about so that was nice to know).
Kait has a really good review of the book.
John gave us an awesome breakdown of that anti-theo-milleniumlology-ly thing
And Gene does his unique thing again, showing us all up with his hilarious (author approved) cartoon. A must see--especially if you're having a bad day.
You can also check out Cris Walley's blog and get a more personal side.
Now, I'd like to address a question of my own that I've been thinking of. So, these earthlings went to other planets and did the Firefly, terraform thing. But something keeps sin out, away from the people. Rebecca pointed out about kids on Cris' blog. I'm with her on that. Kid's are not born innocent--terraformed world or not. But, for the sake of argument, the question is:
Where does sin reside?
Some will immediately say the heart--the soul--tainted by being born. Interestingly enough, Christ was born of woman and had no sin--but he struggled with it non-the-less. Something to ponder. Also, sin or evil could reside in the "earth"--as Walley's premise implies. So, is Walley right--is the earth evil--or are we? Is it genetic or is it woven into us as we're made of earth? Satan was thrown down to our little planet like lightning from heaven. But did him landing here make it inherantly evil? Is that when it began to spread? Why would God ruin his creation that way? Now, I'm babbling, but they're such interesting things to speculate on. I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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Scripture tells us that the heart is desperately wicked (Jeremiah), that all of our righteousness is as filthy rags, and that there is none perfect among us, no not one. So did God find pleasure in creating us that way? Or did we get a dose of it from the fallen angel of light? Gosh! I suppose if I had a good answer I could end a centuries old debate. But what fun would that be? Being "right" and all. Better to mindlessly speculate, I always say! ;)
CH
PS - Thanks for the kind reference.
"So did God find pleasure in creating us that way?"
This is the thing I was wondering today. Did the fact that we were born of earth plant that "imbalance"--or sin--within us? And then the fact that we chose to disobey release it? Wow. That idea sure turns the head.
Off the top of my head, I would say the sinlessness relates to Christ's divinity, not His humanity. The divinity elevated His humanity, allowing Him to not sin. But since He was fully human, He could still be tempted.
In terms of where human sin resides and how it relates to the fallen nature of earth, I use two metaphors, that of a virus and a broken cog. Sin is the virus we all carry and pass on to our offspring. The symptoms of that virus differs from person to person.
As for the world, sin is a broken tooth in the cog of the world. Because the tooth is broken, it catches, skips, throws sparks, and ultimately, breaks down.
I think that we're born sinful, as we are born with a human nature, which is sinful. I don't think that my daughter was born blameless, but I think that at first she didn't know what right and wrong was, but now that she's 6 months old, she's a master manipulator! I do believe that we're only responsible for what we know, and I do believe that at this point she doesn't know right from wrong.
About Satan "contaminating" the earth--no, he didn't make it "inherently evil" and we can surmise this because he was also in heaven (see Job, chapter 1 or 2 I think).
Scripture refers to three sources of temptation, the world, the flesh, and the devil. The devil we understand and the flesh we understand, but what does "the world" refer to? Not the earth, but society, the culture we sinful humans create, I believe. It's the idea of worldview. ;-)
Becky