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Biblical Series: Adam & Eve / Self-Consciousness, Evil, and Death

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Bible Presents a Cataclysm in Human Beings

Self consciousness, the fact that not only do we are we mortal, and that we die, but that we know it. And i think that's laid out in adam and eve. The bible presents a cataclysm at the beginning of the of time, which is the emergence of self consciousness in human beings. That's really given cosmic significance. Now, you can dispense with that and say, well, you know, nothing that happens to human bei is of cosmic significance,. Because we're these short lived, you know, mould like entities that are like cancers on this tiny, little planet  in infinite space....

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