Humanity is broken, as evidenced by war, atrocities, addiction, and all the other dark compulsions of our species. There are moments of grace, and when these happen, my spirit is uplifted. Jonas, you mentioned that “we do not sin because we are human.” And that “Jesus came to make us human again.” In other words, to atone and absolve us from original sin. My question is, if our original humanity was pure, why did we listen to the snake and eat the apple? Thanks for another thought provoking post.
As humans, we have a sinful nature aka "concupiscence". I like the twist you present with sin ridding (or robbing, wink) of our humanity...and how Jesus came to make us (fully) human again. As ever!
Herman, you are correct in that the first definition of "rids" is as you stated. There is also a meaning for the word which is "emptying" or "voids". In that context, I think the word works. I know, semantics. Robs is a good word as well. Peace.
Thanks. As a South African, English is my 2nd language. Now that I read your comment I remember coming across the "emptying and void" context of "rids" before (probably in medical / biological terms). That does make sense in the context of the original.
Humanity is broken, as evidenced by war, atrocities, addiction, and all the other dark compulsions of our species. There are moments of grace, and when these happen, my spirit is uplifted. Jonas, you mentioned that “we do not sin because we are human.” And that “Jesus came to make us human again.” In other words, to atone and absolve us from original sin. My question is, if our original humanity was pure, why did we listen to the snake and eat the apple? Thanks for another thought provoking post.
Excellent point, John! I tried to reply as best I could (as insufficient as it surely is) here: https://jonasellison.substack.com/p/the-first-bite
Thanks for the food (pun intended) for thought!!
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Awesome, thanks Jonas, I’ll check out the link!
As humans, we have a sinful nature aka "concupiscence". I like the twist you present with sin ridding (or robbing, wink) of our humanity...and how Jesus came to make us (fully) human again. As ever!
This is not meant as criticism, just something that fell strange on my ear.
Sin rids us of our humanity troubled me a bit. Maybe it's an American point of view or language difference.
For me rids is a positive word defined as "freeing someone or something of an unwanted thing."
Personally I would have used robs or cons or strips.
Oooooh, yes... "Rob" would be a much better choice.
Herman, you are correct in that the first definition of "rids" is as you stated. There is also a meaning for the word which is "emptying" or "voids". In that context, I think the word works. I know, semantics. Robs is a good word as well. Peace.
Thanks. As a South African, English is my 2nd language. Now that I read your comment I remember coming across the "emptying and void" context of "rids" before (probably in medical / biological terms). That does make sense in the context of the original.