A Noiseless Patient Spider BY WALT WHITMAN

 A noiseless patient spider,

I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated,

Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,

It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,

Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.

And you O my soul where you stand,

Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,

Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,

Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile anchor hold,

Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.

https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/683491/jewish/Why-did-Adam-and-Eve-become-aware-of-their-nakedness-only-after-they-sinned.htm

 I'm studying to teach my children about the bible and creation but I can't seem to get past Genesis 2!

In Genesis 2 it says that Adam and Eve were both originally naked, "but they were not ashamed." After they ate of the Tree of Knowledge, we are told that "the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked."

Here is my question: Was the act of being naked a sinful thing? Why would G‑d have allowed them to walk around naked to start with if it was sinful? And if it was originally fine, how did their disobedience cause their nakedness to not be so good?

What am I missing?

Answer:

Your perceptive question is addressed by almost all the biblical commentaries… On the second verse you quote, "Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realized that they were naked," Rashi, the primary commentator on the Torah points out, "even a blind person knows when he is naked." So what was it that they realized here?

Little children are notorious for trying to shed their clothes and run around naked. This is done with total innocence; the two-year-old does not see any difference between his face, his knees, and the parts of his body which we adults insist that he cover. Only adults feel that certain parts of the body must be covered. Why? Because those are connected with physical lust and passions, and should not be exposed.

Prior to their sin, Adam and Eve knew good from bad, right from wrong, but they had not internalized an evil inclination. So they could choose to do right and wrong, and were held responsible for their choices, but the urge to do evil did not come from within. This urge was represented by the serpent—the external tempter. Since the evil did not reside within them, they were "naturally" good, and their nakedness was innocent and in no way sinful. They saw no difference between a hand, whose purpose was to give charity and to do good deeds, a mouth with which one praises G‑d and says kind words to others, and the parts of the body which are used to "be fruitful and multiply." With every organ they could fulfill the will of G‑d or vice versa, so no organ was shameful, nor did anything need to be covered.

When they ate of the Tree of Knowledge, the evil inclination became a part of them. No longer did they need an external tempter to incite them to sin—now, that tempter resided within their psyches. And specifically, sexual passion – a passion which is much stronger than the desire to give charity or praise G‑d, a passion which is much more encompassing and has the potential to be seriously misused – became a part of them as well.

Hence the abovementioned verse. "The eyes of both of them were opened" – they became aware of physical lust "and they realized that they were naked" – and only now it was inappropriate for them to be unclothed.

I hope this has been helpful.

Chaya Sarah Silberberg,
Chabad.org

genesis 1

 

The Beginning

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Footnotes

1. Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth

Scientists Goofed and Accidentally Created a New Kind of Fish

Both fish - which are considered endangered - managed to reproduce unexpectedly while in captivity at a Hungarian laboratory. "We never wanted to play with hybridization. It was absolutely unintentional, "Attila Mozsár, a senior researcher at the Hungarian Institute for Fisheries and Aquaculture, told The New York Times. Sperm and fish eggs have spawned hundreds of hybrid offspring, but some have since died. According to the researchers, "survival in all groups of hybrid families ranged from 62 to 74 percent to 30 days after hatching." It also marks the first time that successful hybridization between the two species has occurred. This new sturddlefish appeared when the research team tried to reproduce several Russian sturgeons by genogenesis, a type of asexual reproduction in which sperm is needed but leaves no traces of its DNA. As a result, the offspring end up with 100% maternal DNA (and none from the paternal contribution).

Extinction Poem

The dinosaur,

And dodo bird,

No longer walk the ground,
Those are two that disappeared,
They’re nowhere to be found…
It’s not good to be extinct,
It means you don’t exist,
Let me try to be succinct,
I’ll only tell you this…
Over-hunting or pollution,
Cutting woods for wood,

Are threatening some special species,
It’s not so very good…
Endangered species are at risk,
And soon they’ll disappear,
Protecting them is pretty cool,
I think that’s pretty clear…
So let’s protect the pristine places,
Living things call home,
Preventing any more extinctions,
Lets all species roam!

runes

The Rhyming Poem (10th century) Anonymous

The Rhyming Poem  (10th century)

Anonymous

Me līfes onlāh  se þis lēoht onwrāh,
ond þæt torhte getēoh,  tillīce onwrāh.
Glæd wæs ic glīwum,  glenged hīwum,
blissa blēoum,  blōstma hīwum.
Secgas mec sēgon,  symbel ne alēgon,
feorhgiefe gefēgon;  frætwed wǣgon
wicg ofer wongum  wennan gongum,
lisse mid longum  lēoma gehongum.
Þā wæs wæstmum aweaht,  world onspreht,
under roderum areaht,  rǣdmægne oferþeaht.
Giestas gengdon,  gērscype mengdon,
lisse lengdon,  lustum glengdon.
Scrifen scrād glād  þurh gescād in brād,
wæs on lagustrēame lād,  þǣr me leoþu ne biglād.
Hæfde ic hēanne hād,  ne wæs me in healle gād,
þæt þǣr rōf weord rād.  Oft þǣr rinc gebād,
þæt hē in sele sǣge  sincgewǣge,
þegnum geþyhte.  Þenden wæs me mægen,
horsce mec heredon,  hilde generedon,
fægre feredon,  feondon biweredon.
Swā mec hyhtgiefu heold,  hygedryht befeold,
staþol ǣhtum steald,  stepegongum wēold
swylce eorþe ōl,  āhte ic ealdorstōl,
galdorwordum gōl.  Gomel sibbe ne ofōll,
āc wæs gefest gēar,  gellende snēr,
wuniendo wǣr  wilbec bescǣr.
Scealcas wǣron scearpe,  scyl wæs hearpe,
hlūde hlynede,  hlēoþor dynede,
sweglrād swinsade,  swīþe ne minsade.
Burgsele beofode,  beorht hlifade,
ellen ēacnade,  ēad bēacnade,
frēaum frōdade,  fromum gōdade,
mōd mægnade,  mine fægnade,
trēow telgade,  tīr welgade,
blæd blissade,  
gold gearwade,  gim hwearfade,
sinc searwade,  sib nearwade.
From ic wæs in frætwum,  frēolic in geatwum;
wæs mīn drēam dryhtlic,  drohtað hyhtlic.
Foldan ic freoþode,  folcum ic lēoþode,
līf wæs mīn longe,  lēodum ingemonge,
tīrum getonge,  teala gehonge.
Nū mīn hreþer is hrēoh,  hēofsīþum scēoh,
nȳdbysgum nēah;  gewīteð nihtes in flēah
se ǣr in dæge wæs dȳre.  Scrīþeð nū dēop in fēore
brondhord geblōwen,  brēostum in forgrōwen,
flyhtum tōflōwen.  Flāh is geblōwen
miclum in gemynde;  mōdes gecynde
grēteð ungrynde  grorn efen wynde,
bealofūs byrneð,  bittre tōyrneð.
Werig winneð,  wīdsīð onginneð,
sār ne sinniþ,  sorgum cinnið,
blæd his blinnið,  blisse linnið,
listum linneð,  lustum ne tinneð.
Dreamas swa her gedreosað,  dryhtscype gehreosað,
lif her men forleosað,  leahtras oft geceosað;
treowþrag is to trag,  seo untrume genag,
steapum eatole misþah,  ond eal stund genag.
Swa nu world wendeþ,  wyrde sendeþ,
ond hetes henteð,  hæleþe scyndeð.
Wercyn gewiteð,  wælgar sliteð,
flahmah fliteþ,  flan mon hwiteð,
borgsorg biteð,  bald ald þwiteþ,
wræcfæc wriþað,  wraþ að smiteþ,
singryn sidað,  searofearo glideþ,
gromtorn græfeþ,  græft hafað,
searohwit solaþ,  sumurhat colað,
foldwela fealleð,  feondscipe wealleð,
eorðmægen ealdaþ,  ellen colað.
Me þæt wyrd gewæf,  ond gewyrht forgeaf,
þæt ic grofe græf,  ond þæt grimme græf
flean flæsce ne mæg,  þonne flanhred dæg
nydgrapum nimeþ,  þonne seo neaht becymeð
seo me eðles ofonn  ond mec her eardes onconn.
Þonne lichoma ligeð,  lima wyrm friteþ,
ac him wenne gewigeð  ond þa wist geþygeð,
oþþæt beoþ þa ban  an,
ond æt nyhstan nan  nefne se neda tan
balawun her gehloten.  Ne biþ se hlisa adroren.
Ær þæt eadig geþenceð,  he hine þe oftor swenceð,
byrgeð him þa bitran synne,  hogaþ to þære betran wynne,
gemon morþa lisse,  þær sindon miltsa blisse
hyhtlice in heofona rice.  Uton nu halgum gelice
scyldum biscyrede  scyndan generede,
wommum biwerede,  wuldre generede,
þær moncyn mot  for meotude rot
soðne god geseon,  ond aa in sibbe gefean.

“THE PRINCESS HAS HER LOVERS” By Sara Teasdale

“THE PRINCESS HAS HER LOVERS”

By Sara Teasdale

The princess has her lovers,
A score of knights has she,
And each can sing a madrigal,
And praise her gracefully.

But Love, who is so bitter,
Hath put within her heart
A longing for the scornful knight
Who, silent, stands apart.

And though the others praise and plead,
She maketh no reply,
Yet for a single word from him
I ween that she would die.

There Will Come Soft Rains Sara Teasdale - 1884-1933

There Will Come Soft Rains

Sara Teasdale - 1884-1933

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(War Time)

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;

And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white,

Robins will wear their feathery fire
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;

And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.

Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly;

And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone.

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Asteriornis

6th extinction

naming infinity

intelligent design

Small government

But government

Intelligent design is about small government

Intelligent design is about small government! It was never about science! It is all about big business not having all of the answers! Evolution is a government lapdog! Big greed supports it! Evolution is about not caring about others! Who needs to care about others if you are better than them? That is small-scale brained, that bling only about one's own life! Dare about others! Dare about whether people die! Love the Lord Jesus! Dare about whether people die! It is always good to have concern for others! This brings you joy!

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Communication info theory

Into to information theory

Information theory

Information, evolution, and intelligent design

Intelligent design

Cold war

Chaos theory

Fractals

🚼 dinos become big

Baby dinosaurs

Dino kids

Teenagers from outer space

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Ringworm

Botfly

Aids

The 100

Sars

Coronavirus

Don't cry for me Argentina

Giant fossils in argentina

Argentisaurous

Big animal theory

Animal theory

😀ביולוגיה

Cosmism

Nostradamus

Joachim of fiore

Third era song

Third era

Genesis 1 New International Version (NIV)

The Beginning

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.