Variety: Genesis 1v27,31
Book
Genesis
Chapter
1
Start Verse
27
End Verse
31
Adam and Eve are made in the “image of God” (Genesis 1:27) and are part of a creation which is “very good” (Genesis 1:31) AND Adam and Eve ate from the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” as a result of which we all carry a frailty and woundedness. Just as goodness is inherent and shared, so it seems with evil. This is a very merciful teaching. Knowledge of our shared wound ought to free us from the burden of unnecessary and individual guilt or shame and help us to be forgiving and compassionate with ourselves and one another.
To deal with the inherent and shared existence of evil, we must start with a positive and generous cosmic vision. Generosity tends to build on itself. I have never met a truly compassionate or loving human being who did not have a foundational and even deep trust in the inherent goodness of human nature.
Richard Rohr
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