When I began to read the third chapter of the Genesis, I started to think about how we, humans, have a great thirst of curiosity. As humans, we have the tendecy to want to know everything. Even if it means doing something we are not supposed to. We always have curiosity, when someone tells us to not do something, the first thing we think about is doing what they just told us to not do. And doing what we were told not to, becomes our desire, our anxiety. For example in Genesis, at the beginning of chapter 3, there was a passage which shows how curious humans are.
"[3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
[4] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
[5] For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
[6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."- (Genesis 3)
When I read this, I was able to see that it is true that humans like to do what they are not supposed to. And when someone prohibits something to another person, that something is more tempting, and it is more likey that that person will commit the act he/she is not supposed to commit. For example, in this passage, Eve, the woman was told by God not to eat nor touch the fruits from one tree. She and Adam could eat from any tree except that one. But one day, Eve was seduced by a serpent to eat the fruit from that tree. Eve was tempted, so she ate from the tree and led Adam to eat from it too. I believe that the snake represents the curiosity humans have. The tempting desire of doing the prohibited. The emotion which leads us to making huge mistakes that we'll later regret.
martes, 7 de octubre de 2008
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