A friend of mine has been doing a critique on a paper for one of his. Whomever wrote this thing needs to take the English Review and a couple of remedial English Composition classes... not to mention some basic rhetoric.
Some interesting sentences include:
"This obedience was not merely legalistic and works oriented although it did involve a very legal aspect, since in Adam's failure all men have failed (Romans 5:12)."
"The nature of their fall seems to have set a precedent for further sin in the world that had formerly been good. Prior to the temptation of the snake Adam and Eve seem to have been quite content within the garden."
"Adam and Eve's trust in God and his promises and prohibitions is where their happiness lied."
"Genesis never explicitly states a leadership role for Adam in terms of relationships between people until after the fall when it was declared that the woman's desire would be for her husband."
(I would like to note that I have been taking great pain to be sure to copy the grammar, spelling, and punctuation on these.)
Now, my personal favorite just so happens to be the understatement of the millenium: "The fall of Adam and Eve is an interesting turn of events in the history of mankind."
Wow...
So what, the flood was an interesting turn of events in global meteorology?
The birth of Christ was an interesting turn of events in Christian Theology?
The Creation was an interesting turn of events in cosmology (and maybe even geography?)
The fall of Communism was an interesting turn of events in contemporary international politics?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was an interesting turn of events in World War 2?
France was an interesting turn of events?
Long story short.... this is special.
Anyone out there with an interesting turn of events?
Posted by Vengeful Cynic at November 24, 2003 01:23 AM