Once Upon A Blog

The story of the beginning of the universe. People used to live for a really long time and where punished for violence. If the flood punishment was applied to us, we would have drowned about 20 times by now.

The idea that Adam and Eve where expelled form Eden basically gave start to all of the following punishments through the next chapters. When Adam and Eve disobey the direct orders from God they prove they are flawed, they are evil and curious. Beside the obvious dilemma of the “stealing of the fruit” other characteristics that prove to be negative are projected in a less open way. For example when Adam is not willing to take the blame for Eve, and makes her guilty of stealing the fruit alone.  

Then again when they start breeding, the “divine creation” creates all the evil and violence. It comes from the breeds themselves. Even though the chain is long they are still connected. And the flawed humans must once again prove worthy of God’s aid. This happens when they reach to Noah, the chosen one to make the world survive. Sacrifice to start over and reach a long sought perfection.

Noah is tested to see if he deserved to have his life, if he was worthy of saving the world. The collection of the paired animals and the survival of the long and tiring hours without land, simply floating around. God lost all confidence in his creation, he needed to assure that he was not going to be betrayed once more.

The story itself is full of shifts once more. Again the name of God, Lord and Lord God shifts so much that is seems as if they where separate characters, different. They even shift in the same chapter and appear to have different functions within the performed actions. To me it is confusing and barely understandable.  Besides this confusing fact the contradiction of time and story merge is again present. The story does not change significantly but the order does.

Noah dies at the end. Nearly perfect, but perfectly mortal.