civilization and original sin

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

As I was reading Dr. Price's book, I found myself over and over again coming

to the conclusion that civilization itself is like a disease, not only that,

but that it seems that it was the original sin referred to in the Bible.

After all, Judaism was born in the Mesopotamian region recognized as the

cradle of civilization... And many of the results of the first sin are

exactly those that we find among civilization but not among the

non-civilized. Think about those natives Columbus found and noted their lack

of shame of being naked. Think about the women Dr. Price found who had

upwards of 20 babies with virtually no childbearing pain-- such a painless

childbirth that they often had their babies alone. Think about the man from

Uganda who told Dr. Price that if there was a place in the universe he could

call Heaven and wouldn't mind spending eternity in (living forever, a

prospect most of us find daunting), it would be the Uganda he knew before the

white man came and imposed modernization on them (Sound like the garden of

Eden?).

I know it is a radical statement, and that we have a plethora of comforts and

important things I might regret lacking, but it seems that civilization was a

seed that will inevitably end in the destruction of our species. Thinking of

the war on drugs, tax on fats, and all of this stuff seems to corroborate the

whole idea that governments and mass-scale societies are just inherently

diseased.

Has anyone else noticed the civilization-original sin parrallel? Any

thoughts?

Love,

Chris

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" What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a

heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds, and

animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight of

them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense

compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to

bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature.

Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of the

truth, and for those who do them wrong. "

--Saint Isaac the Syrian