53: Cursed?: What to do with the curses in Genesis 3

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Cursed?: What to do with the curses in Genesis 3

When Adam and Eve ate the fruit in the Garden of Eden, God laid down several curses. For the serpent, the woman, and the man. But what do we DO with these curses? Are we supposed to perpetuate the ideas behind them, or move away from them? What’s this story teaching us, anyway? We also discuss the sad state of gun violence in the USA. We wish we had the answers.

Gun Violence in America

• Article: “America's gun culture - in seven charts”
• FBI Crime Statistics
• Book: “When Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough” by Taylor Schumann
• Podcast: The Holy Post

The Curses of Genesis 3

• Genesis 3
• Nathan’s permaculture method: Hügelkultur
• Celtic Christianity
• Book: “Sacred Earth Sacred Soul” by John Philip Newell
• Star Wars character: Darth Plagueis
• 4th-5th c. Monk: Pelagius
• Original sin
• Gnosticism
• Book: “The Divine Conspiracy” by Dallas Willard
• Pyramid Texts
• Book: “Do I Stay Christian?” By Brian McLaren
• Terry Pratchett Books
• Show: “The Handmaid’s Tale”
• Book: “The Handmaid’s Tale”
• Show: “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
• Show: “Our Flag Means Death”
• Next book club book: “Love Matters More” by Jared Byas

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