Chapter+1+Notes

class discussion 8/30 (4-7)

image and likeness creation - to serve humans? subdue and dominate? Oscar S. - love and serve good stewardship - majority of goods for minority of people? how are we to be good stewards? how are we bad stewards?

class discussion 9/4 (9, 40)

inerrant purpose different than any other literature? historical context!!!! literal and spiritual sense temporal and cultural differences

class discussion 9/5 (10-15)

why did God create? metaphysical vs. empirical symbolic language in Bible

class discussion 9/6 (15-20)

book stays away from solely blaming Eve angels, fall of Satan one consequence of fall is lack of clarity regarding God's will in our lives (no note by our bed in the morning)

class discussion 9/9 (21-25)

why do people do bad things? treating other people as objects? death enters into the world with original sin, along with an excessive sense of selfishness Elizabeth Ann Seton - patron of Catholic schools, existence of anti-Catholic sentiment during her time