Fall of man: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
imported>Ed Poor (kind of a general definition) |
imported>Ed Poor (Eve tempted Adam, after having first been seduced by the archangel Lucifer.) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The '''Fall of Man''', according to many major religious faiths, is a tragic event whereby the earliest ancestors of humanity - shortly after the divine Creator brought them into being - departed from their original status or purpose and became beings with the dual nature of goodness and evil. | The '''Fall of Man''', according to many major religious faiths, is a tragic event whereby the earliest ancestors of humanity - shortly after the divine Creator brought them into being - departed from their original status or purpose and became beings with the dual nature of goodness and evil. | ||
In the Christian tradition, the fall is often seen as a consequence of the disobedience of Adam and Eve, as recounted in Genesis, chapters 2 and 3. | |||
The [[Unification Church]] teaches that the human fall has a sexual element, wherein Adam and Eve began a conjugal relationship before getting permission from God to marry. Eve tempted Adam, after having first been seduced by the archangel Lucifer. | |||
Revision as of 15:47, 8 April 2010
The Fall of Man, according to many major religious faiths, is a tragic event whereby the earliest ancestors of humanity - shortly after the divine Creator brought them into being - departed from their original status or purpose and became beings with the dual nature of goodness and evil.
In the Christian tradition, the fall is often seen as a consequence of the disobedience of Adam and Eve, as recounted in Genesis, chapters 2 and 3.
The Unification Church teaches that the human fall has a sexual element, wherein Adam and Eve began a conjugal relationship before getting permission from God to marry. Eve tempted Adam, after having first been seduced by the archangel Lucifer.