Quotes About Adam

The fundamentalists were equally stymied. "We were worried about Adam and Steve," a Baptist minister said. "Should we have been more worried about Rover and Fluffy?

The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women.

If you really watch 'The Voice' and follow Adam, he's very ADD. He's kind of one place here, and then he's over here the next minute; he's kind of all over the place. When it comes down to being very serious, and especially when we were talking about the finale song, he's actually very serious, and he's a very good listener.

And here is the true ground in the law of the infallible perseverance of the saints; their time of trial for life is over in their Head the second Adam - the prize is won!

When Eve upon the first of Men The apple press'd with specious cant, Oh! what a thousand pities then That Adam was not adamant!

Consider," replies the Geomancer, "— Adam and Eve ate fruit from a Tree, and were enlighten'd. The Buddha sat beneath a Tree, and he was enlighten'd. Newton, also sitting beneath a Tree, was hit by a falling Apple,— and he was enlighten'd. A quick overview would suggest that Trees produce Enlightenment. Trees are not the Problem. The Forest is not an Agent of Darkness. But it may be your Visto is.

Did you realize that one of the few commands given to mankind through Adam was "to be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:286)? If man had intense disobedience to God (e.g., Genesis 6:5,7 6:128) 120 years prior to the Flood (Genesis 6:39), are we to believe they were still being obedient to God's command here? Likely not!

The subject of transformation is not the empirical man, however much he may identify with the "old Adam," but Adam the Primordial Man, the archetype within us. The

But I also know that sometimes Adam needs to do things the dramatic way. He is fond of the Grand Gesture

With that, Adam was placed into a deep sleep, his side wounded, and from that open wound was brought forth a soft-glowing bone.

And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?" -- Genesis 3:9

And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

A second guideline may be found from the implicit comparison between Christ and Adam.48 The heart of the Adamic temptation was to grasp for equality with God (Gen. 3:5: "You will be like God"). Adam attempted to seize equality with God; Christ did not. By contrast, Christ chose the way of self-emptying rather than self-aggrandizement. For these two reasons the second rendition is to be preferred.49

Soul (neeš) is not a higher part of humanity standing over against the body but designates the vitality or life principle in a person. God breathed into Adam's nostrils the breath of life, and he became a living neeš (Gen. 2:7).

En el mito hebreo de Adán y Eva, el pecado que cometieron es el de adquirir conocimiento (al comer el fruto del árbol del conocimiento del bien y del mal: es decir el conocimiento de todo) y por ello fueron expulsados del Edén y, según los teólogos cristianos, infectaron a toda la Humanidad con el «pecado original».

Whilst Adam slept, Eve from his side arose; Strange his first sleep would be his last repose.

When Eve upon the first of men The apple pressed with specious cant, Oh! what a thousand pities then That Adam was not adamant.

practice makes perfect and although God did create Adam he was more accomplished when the time came for him to create Eve.

We are accountable because we are sinful. The unfortunate truth is that Adam chose to sin, and so do we. But the good news is that God gives us a way out, through Christ. Accountability and forgiveness in one shot. All we have to do is accept it. It's pretty easy.

My house is not James Bondish at all. Sorry.

Actually, man is supposed to be god over the earth. God gave him dominion over it. He said, There it is, Adam. It's yours. You can do what you want with it. But don't eat of the tree of the knowledge of blessing and calamity, for the day that you eat you will surely die.

I hate the idea of sheltering kids from challenging books. It's just another form of conservative fear that promotes ignorance more than anything else.

Adam first, Eve next, and also, confused about her role, the first outlaw?

Biblical commentators [say that] the first six days of Genesis were six 24-hour days. This means that whoever was in charge recorded the passage of 24 hours per day. But who was there to measure the passage of time? Until Adam appeared on day six, God was watching the clock. And that is the key.