tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post3132275455670045175..comments2024-03-24T11:03:03.106-07:00Comments on Just Genesis : Blood and Binary DistinctionsAlice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-83912360595117983342014-11-19T11:29:04.119-08:002014-11-19T11:29:04.119-08:00Dean, are you saying that a binary framework is no...Dean, are you saying that a binary framework is not found in Genesis? How about darkness-light; chaos-order; the firmament above-firmament below? Dry land-seas? Male-female?<br /><br />Our conversation involves trying to understand the binary thought found in the Bible so that we can better understand the binary feature of ancient (pre-Abrahamic) thought. All complexity emerges from binary thought. It is rather inescapable, as many philosophers and anthropologists have noted. You might find these essays helpful:<br /><br />http://jandyongenesis.blogspot.com/2014/10/something-older.html<br /><br />http://jandyongenesis.blogspot.com/2012/04/levi-strauss-and-derrida-on-binary.html<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />Alice C. Linsley<br />Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-7199045099435437842014-11-19T09:49:44.656-08:002014-11-19T09:49:44.656-08:00Except that Adam's removed rib is not a binary...Except that Adam's removed rib is not a binary to Eve who is a complete human being. Neither is the idea that God's thoughts are above our thoughts a completely binary idea. It's not God's thoughts versus our thoughts - as we are made in the image of God. Rather, it is God calling us by grace to faith in Him that creates the ground where we stumble desperately overland and ultimately find Him.Dean Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01901465136636445882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-81276042566783203412012-03-03T09:44:46.654-08:002012-03-03T09:44:46.654-08:00An excellent observation!An excellent observation!Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-30735513537693778122012-03-03T05:56:16.429-08:002012-03-03T05:56:16.429-08:00What about when God performed surgery on Adam? Alt...What about when God performed surgery on Adam? Although not explicitly stated, removing a rib is a potentially bloody task. In fact if we see Adam as a type of Christ, then there is a parallel between Christ's side being pierced and His blood flowing out which gave birth to the church (the bride of Christ). I would suggest that this was the first blood that was shed as an image of Jesus' blood shed on the cross.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com