The Idea of Sacrifice

The biblical narrative of paradise and the fall is one such story fabricated by our collective imagination, working over the centuries. It provides a profound account of the nature of being and points the way to a mode of conceptualization and action well matched to that in the garden of eden prior to the dawn of self consciousness. So goes the story, human beings were sinless. But we didn't, and we still don't, understand what it all meant. After much contemplation, struggling humanity learns that god's favor could be gained and his wrath averted through proper sacrifice....