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  • From: davidfentonism AT aim.com
  • To: if AT math.bu.edu
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie
  • Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 08:59:50 -0500

I see what you are saying but for adherents of the TNKh's view of this, which
is exclusive of the materialism you were kind enough to describe for me,
there are a few issues. In brief, I would say what you mean by "all time,"
"death," and "power of procreation" may be quite different from what you
intend here. As I understand it, medical doctors affirm that they do not know
where life ("the quickening" as one called it) comes from and they know it is
not merely the result of fertilization.

Again, thank you for clarifying your points for my benefit.

Regards,
David Fenton
NYC

-----Original Message-----
From: if AT math.bu.edu
To: davidfentonism AT aim.com
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

Life was created once for all time and is designed to perpetuate itself. So
as a new generation rises the previous generation must recede. It goes both
ways: procreation is needed because death is part of life, and death is
inevitable because the power of procreation is an essential part of life.
Isaac Fried
On Dec 4, 2006, at 11:33 PM, davidfentonism AT aim.com wrote:
I'm puzzled by your position only because it is absolutist. Thanks for
reiterating it for me.

Best regards,
David
-----Original Message-----
From: if AT math.bu.edu
To: davidfentonism AT aim.com
Sent: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gen. 2:16-17 :: idiom or clumsy lie

As I said, it can not be otherwise. ---IF
On Dec 4, 2006, at 7:22 PM, davidfentonism AT aim.com wrote:
This is a materialist deduction but the cosmology of Adam prior to
disobeying El could well have been otherwise which is also the more
predominant view. From where else do you suppose procreation is proof of
impending death?

Thanks,

David Fenton
NYC

-----Original Message-----
From: if AT math.bu.edu
Adam's fate is sealed in Gen 4.1: And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she
conceived, and bare Cain. The power of procreation is a sure sign for
a certain demise. Where there is birth there is death---it can not
be otherwise.
---Isaac Fried

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