Skwim
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TIME: Before A&E ate the apple
At this time in their lives A&E are considered righteous souls, uncorrupted, and pure, and because they weren't ashamed of their nakedness it's fair to assume their nakedness was quite acceptable. But . . . . cue ominous music. . . . . were they duped into thinking so?
Consider:
TIME: After A&E ate the apple.
Saying "the eyes of them both were opened" implies that they now saw the truth of the situation, which, in this case, is that their nakedness is NOT acceptable as they had been led to believe, and they should have been ashamed of it all along.
So I think it's safe to conclude that god has always felt nakedness is something to be ashamed of, but for whatever reason he would have been content to let A&E to go through life naked and unaware of its shamefulness (and perhaps all of humanity that followed?) But why? Why create two souls and then fool them about their true state of being, the shame of being naked? Kind of goofy if you ask me. And why make nakedness shameful in the first place? He certainly didn't imbue the other animals with such a silliness, but said to himself, "I'm going to create the greatest of all animals. Even create them in my image, but make them feel bad about the way they look. So bad in fact that they will feel ashamed if others see them uncovered."
Make sense to You?
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Genesis 2:25
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
At this time in their lives A&E are considered righteous souls, uncorrupted, and pure, and because they weren't ashamed of their nakedness it's fair to assume their nakedness was quite acceptable. But . . . . cue ominous music. . . . . were they duped into thinking so?
Consider:
TIME: After A&E ate the apple.
Genesis 3:7
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Saying "the eyes of them both were opened" implies that they now saw the truth of the situation, which, in this case, is that their nakedness is NOT acceptable as they had been led to believe, and they should have been ashamed of it all along.
So I think it's safe to conclude that god has always felt nakedness is something to be ashamed of, but for whatever reason he would have been content to let A&E to go through life naked and unaware of its shamefulness (and perhaps all of humanity that followed?) But why? Why create two souls and then fool them about their true state of being, the shame of being naked? Kind of goofy if you ask me. And why make nakedness shameful in the first place? He certainly didn't imbue the other animals with such a silliness, but said to himself, "I'm going to create the greatest of all animals. Even create them in my image, but make them feel bad about the way they look. So bad in fact that they will feel ashamed if others see them uncovered."
Make sense to You?
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