Post by xpistissopheiax on Jul 22, 2013 22:31:03 GMT -5
It seems like a consistent thread between Genesis and Emanations cosmology that evil can only exist because of free will.
Genesis seems to be a logical argument that only disobedience can cause evil. In this myth God creates a perfect world and lets man do anything he wants except disobey.
It kind of seems like the writers of this text were trapped into making YHWH a bully by their own logic since if free will causes evil then the only act of free will that can possibly create evil is disobedience.
So by framing the myth in this way they create the bully god that screams "Obey me or die!"
I feel like emanations makes the most sense of any system I'm familiar with. It is still free will that causes evil. I find it interesting however it is interesting that the act of free will that causes Yalda's birth is Sophia's desire to create on Her own. This isn't necessarily disobedience. Yalda's act of attempting to create his own world is similarly not an act of disobedience, but one of ignorance.
I think this myth is incredibly well thought out b/c God is neither a bully or responsible for the evil in the world.
It is a bit strange that Wisdom's act of creation triggers the chain of events that lead to evil. I read somewhere recently that this was a dig at philosophers who placed too much emphasis on "wisdom," or something to that effect.
Genesis seems to be a logical argument that only disobedience can cause evil. In this myth God creates a perfect world and lets man do anything he wants except disobey.
It kind of seems like the writers of this text were trapped into making YHWH a bully by their own logic since if free will causes evil then the only act of free will that can possibly create evil is disobedience.
So by framing the myth in this way they create the bully god that screams "Obey me or die!"
I feel like emanations makes the most sense of any system I'm familiar with. It is still free will that causes evil. I find it interesting however it is interesting that the act of free will that causes Yalda's birth is Sophia's desire to create on Her own. This isn't necessarily disobedience. Yalda's act of attempting to create his own world is similarly not an act of disobedience, but one of ignorance.
I think this myth is incredibly well thought out b/c God is neither a bully or responsible for the evil in the world.
It is a bit strange that Wisdom's act of creation triggers the chain of events that lead to evil. I read somewhere recently that this was a dig at philosophers who placed too much emphasis on "wisdom," or something to that effect.
