Comments on: Question: Who had the first word? http://www.teamespinoza.com/question-who-had-the-first-word/ life with a mission Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:58:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: amelia http://www.teamespinoza.com/question-who-had-the-first-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1447 amelia Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:13:09 +0000 http://www.teamespinoza.com/2007/06/25/question-who-had-the-first-word/#comment-1447 I mentioned this post to Jon and he laughed and said, "I have thought of that one a LOT." He told me that some philosophy guy (I'm such an intellectual, NOT!) said that without language there isn't a sense of being and that seems to apply with Adam and Eve. If they didn't have an ability to communicate, they would have no ability to think inside their head and have a sense of being. He said some other stuff too but I thought that part was cool. My thought was that God gave them the job of naming the creatures so surely they had to speak to do that! I mentioned this post to Jon and he laughed and said, “I have thought of that one a LOT.” He told me that some philosophy guy (I’m such an intellectual, NOT!) said that without language there isn’t a sense of being and that seems to apply with Adam and Eve. If they didn’t have an ability to communicate, they would have no ability to think inside their head and have a sense of being. He said some other stuff too but I thought that part was cool.

My thought was that God gave them the job of naming the creatures so surely they had to speak to do that!

]]> By: Cory & Kendi http://www.teamespinoza.com/question-who-had-the-first-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1434 Cory & Kendi Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:25:25 +0000 http://www.teamespinoza.com/2007/06/25/question-who-had-the-first-word/#comment-1434 In our opinion, Genesis 1 and 2 has a few accounts in which God appears to be speaking directly to Adam. 1:28 He commands them to be fruitful and multiply. In 2:15-17 He commands not to eat from the tree. 2:19-20, Adam names all the living creatures. Also, after Eve is created, Adam has a "direct" quote if you willsaying that she is bone of his bones, flesh of his flesh." Then at the beginning of Genesis 3, Eve has a quote while speaking to the serpent. To us, at least Adam and Eve were created with the knowledge of speech because they were created as adult human beings. They were not raised by biological parents and thus were the only humans to walk the earth that we know of who were never infants. Herego, they were created with the knowledge of speech. Now, speech seems to be a trait learned from parents and surrounding environment as an infant matures cognitively. Long story short: Adam and Eve created with the knowledge and those after learned. In our opinion, Genesis 1 and 2 has a few accounts in which God appears to be speaking directly to Adam. 1:28 He commands them to be fruitful and multiply. In 2:15-17 He commands not to eat from the tree. 2:19-20, Adam names all the living creatures. Also, after Eve is created, Adam has a “direct” quote if you willsaying that she is bone of his bones, flesh of his flesh.” Then at the beginning of Genesis 3, Eve has a quote while speaking to the serpent. To us, at least Adam and Eve were created with the knowledge of speech because they were created as adult human beings. They were not raised by biological parents and thus were the only humans to walk the earth that we know of who were never infants. Herego, they were created with the knowledge of speech. Now, speech seems to be a trait learned from parents and surrounding environment as an infant matures cognitively. Long story short: Adam and Eve created with the knowledge and those after learned.

]]> By: Jason "The Wordsmith" Powers http://www.teamespinoza.com/question-who-had-the-first-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1433 Jason "The Wordsmith" Powers Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:31:19 +0000 http://www.teamespinoza.com/2007/06/25/question-who-had-the-first-word/#comment-1433 "And God said..." "In the beginning was the word... and the Word was God." "Night by night pours forth speech..." I think that the nature of God is to communicate Himself, since that is the highest good that can ever happen, and since He is the consummate doer of good. I think that part of being created in the image of God is being created with the ability to communicate God. A fully realized God is and can be found everywhere, so at the beginning, in Eden, all speech was God speech. Also, it says that God brought the animals to Adam to see what he would call them. That's a great question though. Can't wait to see the other thoughts. “And God said…” “In the beginning was the word… and the Word was God.” “Night by night pours forth speech…”

I think that the nature of God is to communicate Himself, since that is the highest good that can ever happen, and since He is the consummate doer of good.

I think that part of being created in the image of God is being created with the ability to communicate God. A fully realized God is and can be found everywhere, so at the beginning, in Eden, all speech was God speech.

Also, it says that God brought the animals to Adam to see what he would call them.

That’s a great question though. Can’t wait to see the other thoughts.

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