It is amazing how fast things can go badly when the wrong choice is made or when suddenly we want something that we really shouldn't have. Matt and Ann talked about the peacefulness and the order of creation and the end of our first reading being together in a garden, in a place where even God can be seen walking about. Yet that wasn't good enough. There was one thing that they were asked to leave alone, and they couldn't stay away.
Our Western understanding of sin often gets wrapped up in some kind of sexual sin. Perhaps it's because of a prudish upbringing or because of how destructive sexual sin can be. The sin of Eden wasn't that at all....in fact as a result of the Eden sin, suddenly we became ashamed,and all of the other stuff came after. The sin of Eden strikes me as being the sin of wanting more, of wanting the one thing we are told we could not have. Isn't that the root of most of the sin (evil) in our world today. Whether it's war, destruction of the creation, power struggles, violence against women, children or for that matter anyone or thing. It always seems to come down to not being content with what we have been given in life and demanding what someone, or some creature, has. What do you think the sin of Eden was? How do you see that playing out in our world and our own lives today?
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