zettelholding: 12

the-fall-is-the-reach-to-name-reality-apart-from-god

The serpent offers a likeness that replaces God rather than reflects Him: the right to name good and evil for oneself. Pride reframes the gift as a lack, and what was received freely is reimagined as something to be secured apart from God. Rests on: [[the-ground-of-being-is-someone-not-something]]

Provenance

Original — no external source.

Holding

Transitive holding: 12

Direct dependents: 5

Rests on:

↓ the-ground-of-being-is-someone-not-something

Held by (5 claims rest on this):

↑ jesus-is-the-new-adam-communion-held-by-trust-not-control ↑ language-was-the-first-act-of-separation ↑ pride-bends-perception-until-home-feels-like-exile ↑ the-fall-is-the-air-we-breathe ↑ the-same-knowledge-is-curse-in-pride-gift-in-humility