I lovelovelove the Decemberists and the Mariner's Revenge Song is definitely one of my favorites.
By the way, I am just stalking Marta's friend's page. I don't even know who you are (in case you were worried I was stalking YOU and only you or something)! I think you should post that passage about early Christianity, though. If it's good enough to type up and print out, it's good enough to share, right? I'd be interested, at least. :P
Just for you, oh mysterious friend of Marta's (well, and anyone else who is interested, but since you asked): “...Clement of Alexandria (c. 180 C.E.), conscious participation in procreation is 'cooperation with God in the work of creation.' Adam's sin was not sexual indulgence but disobedience; thus Clement agreed with most of his Jewish and Christian contemporaries that the real theme of the story of Adam and Eve is moral freedom and moral responsibility. Its point is to show that we are responsible for the choices we freely make-good or evil-just as Adam was” (xxiii).
Elaine Pagels. Adam, Eve and the Serpent. New York: Random House, 1988.
By the by, I'm Lizzie (or Emy if you insist, some people do. It's my initials.) Nice to meet you! And yay Decemberists!
Ahh! I believe I may have met you when I visited Marta and Leah freshman year. The name is Jessica. And thanks for the quote! I did find it illuminating. (HAHA! Illuminating! Get it? Like illuminated texts? [Sorry, am tired and that's when the terrible puns come out.])
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By the way, I am just stalking Marta's friend's page. I don't even know who you are (in case you were worried I was stalking YOU and only you or something)! I think you should post that passage about early Christianity, though. If it's good enough to type up and print out, it's good enough to share, right? I'd be interested, at least. :P
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“...Clement of Alexandria (c. 180 C.E.), conscious participation in procreation is 'cooperation with God in the work of creation.' Adam's sin was not sexual indulgence but disobedience; thus Clement agreed with most of his Jewish and Christian contemporaries that the real theme of the story of Adam and Eve is moral freedom and moral responsibility. Its point is to show that we are responsible for the choices we freely make-good or evil-just as Adam was” (xxiii).
Elaine Pagels. Adam, Eve and the Serpent. New York: Random House, 1988.
By the by, I'm Lizzie (or Emy if you insist, some people do. It's my initials.) Nice to meet you! And yay Decemberists!
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Heh. Illuminating. :)
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