1. Cause of Human Conflict

2. Family
Society
Nation
One World Family
Purpose of Life – Three Blessings
Ideal Husband
True Love
Ideal Wife
Child
God
Ideal Person
True Love
Things
Ideal Creation
God
True Love
Body
Ideal Person
God
Mind
Be ‘Fruitful’
Multiply
Have Dominion

3. What is the origin of evil ?

4. The mystery of evil
If everything God created was good, where does evil come from?
Why is God’s purpose of creation not fulfilled?
If God is good, almighty and knows what is going on, why does He allow people to suffer?

5. Good
Evil
2 conflicting purposes
God Would Not Create Us With Opposing Purposes
No lasting value

6. The Story of ‘The Human Fall’ Our First Human Ancestors “Cast out of the Garden” “Loss of Innocence” Why evil? Why suffering?
Ancient Myths – present in most cultures

7. The Genesis Story of the Human Fall
Adam
Eve
Serpent
Fruit
Commandment
“Eat” “Die”
Genesis 2:17

8. “Trees” = Symbol
2 Trees – Center of the Garden
2 People – Center of God’s Ideal
=
Adam & Eve

9. “Tree of Life”
•Adam’s greatest desire
•Lost after the Fall
=
Perfected man

10. “Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil”
•Stands next to the Tree of Life
•Potential for both good and evil
=
Perfected woman

11. “Serpent” = Symbol
1. Able to communicate with man
2. Knew God’s Commandment
3. A good being who became corrupted
=
?

12. ►God creates only good
►Did not exist together with God from time of creation
►Universe in harmony except for human society
Satan – Not Created by God

13. “Serpent”
=
Archangel Lucifer

14. “Fruit” = Symbol
•God of love – no test
•More desirable than life itself
•Necessary for the ideal
=
?

15. “Fruit”
•Trees reproduce by their fruit
•People have children through their sexual love
=
Sexual love

16. “Fruit”
•To ‘know’ is to have sexual relations
•Understood by people of the time
•“To know good and bad” - promiscuity
=
Sexual love

17. Meaning of the Genesis Story
Adam
Eve
Lucifer
Illicit Sexual Love
Illicit Sexual Love

18. GOD
CHILD
M F M F
Husband
Wife
Parents
Brother
Son
Daughter
Sister
4. Parent’s Love 3. Spouse’s Love 2. Sibling’s Love 1. Child’s Love

19. 1.Find a complete stranger
2.Reveal to each other intimate details about your lives for half an hour
3.Then, stare deeply into each other’s eyes without talking for four minutes.

20. Testosterone / Oestrogen – sex drive
Adrenalin – stress response
Dopamine – desire & reward
Serotonin – obsessive compulsion
Oxytocin – bonding & attachment
Vasopressin – long-term commitment

22. Adaptive
Emergent
Integrative

23. Spiritual Perfection
Do not consummate
Period of Growth
A
E G
C
Adam
Eve
Free to consummate

24. Spiritual Perfection
Fall
A
E G
C
Adam
Eve
Free to consummate
Do not consummate Adam
Eve

25. God’s Dominion over Humankind
Perfected Man
God
True Love
Perfected Woman Children
True Life
True Lineage

26. Satan’s Dominion over Humankind Fallen Man Satan
False Love
Fallen Woman
Fallen Children
False Life
False Lineage

27. 1. Considered worst sin by major religions
Evidence That the Origin of Evil Was Illicit Sexual Love
►Celibacy – high spiritual path
►Circumcision – mark of separation from evil
►Adultery – ‘spiritual murder’

28. 2. Passed on through generations
Evidence That the Origin of Evil Was Illicit Sexual Love

29. 3. Rise and fall of civilizations
Evidence That the Origin of Evil was Illicit Sexual Love
Nation Prospers
Nation Declines
Family and Morality

31. The process of the Fall and the motivation behind it

32. Our Position in the Cosmos
1. Microcosm
2. Ruler
3. Mediator
Physical World
Spiritual World
Animal
Angel

33. Before Creation of Man
God
Lucifer
Angels
Servant
Closest to God

34. After Creation of Man
Lucifer
Closest to
God
God
Adam
Eve
Lack of love
Jealousy

35. Archangel Tempts Eve
Lucifer
Desire for unprincipled love
God
Adam
Eve

36. The Spiritual Fall
Eve
Lucifer
Illicit Sexual Relationship
Spiritual
Only
Eve before the Fall was open to sensing the spiritual dimension

37. ►Cut herself off from God’s vertical love
►Pursued Adam’s horizontal love as a substitute
Eve’s Misdirection of Love

38. Eve Tempts Adam
Lucifer
Desire for unprincipled love God
Adam
Eve
Fallen Eve
then seduced Adam
with the hope that by
uniting with him, she could rid herself of fear and
once again stand before God.

39. Physical Fall Lucifer
Fear & Guilt
Premature knowledge
God
Adam
Eve
Adam responded and they began give and take action with each other, which brought them together in an illicit physical relationship of sexual love.

40. Adam
Eve
Lucifer
Physical Fall
Illicit
Sexual Relationship
Both
Spiritual
and
Physical

41. The Purpose of Life Violated
Personal
Conflict & Destruction
Mind
Body
Environmental
Conflict & Destruction
People
Creation
Family & Social
Conflict & Destruction
Man
Woman

42. How was it possible for Humankind to fall ?

43. Possibility of the Fall
Perfection
Indirect Dominion
Force of Principle
Direct Dominion
Force of Unprincipled Love

44. 1. Love – source of life and joy
2. God wants a dominion of love over perfected man
Force of Love
Force of the Principle
Force of Love
greater than

45. Possibility of Fall
Force of the Principle
Force of Unprincipled Love
►Before perfection (maturity) - possible to Fall
►After perfection (maturity) – impossible to Fall

46. Need for the Commandment
Force of the Principle
Force of Unprincipled Love
C
+
The Commandment
“Not to Eat”

47. Perfection
Force of Principle Faith in Commandment Force of Unprincipled Love
Power of Commandment to Prevent the Fall
COMMANDMENT
+

48. Purpose of the Commandment
Commandment
Faith
Lucifer
Eve God
No unprincipled relationship possible

49. Freedom of the original mind not ‘licence’ – true freedom:
1. Follows the Principle (law of love) God keeps his own laws
2.Requires responsibility - fulfill my responsibility
3.Seeks to accomplish the purpose of creation and bring joy to God True freedom did not cause the Fall

50. 1. Would not violate his perfect Principle
2. Would not give recognition to evil - unprincipled action (that God alone be the creator)
3. So that human beings can be qualified to have dominion
►Co-creator
►Complete the creation of God
God Could Not Intervene in the Fall

51. The Consequences of the Fall

52. Satan’s Dominion over Humankind
Fallen Adam
Satan
False Love
Fallen Eve
Fallen Descendants
False Life False Lineage
When Adam and Eve fell, They formed a four position foundation under Satan not God and thus all humanity came to belong to Satan’s lineage.

53. God is Suffering
The Fall represents a complete violation of the three Blessings:
But The Three Blessings had already been given to Humankind – so they have been realised centred on Satan, not on God

54. Mind Body
Selfish
Person
Family Society
Nation
World
Satan
Selfish
purpose Husband Wife
False
Lineage
Selfish
People Environment
False
Ownership
Self-serving
Exploitative
Satan
Selfish
purpose
Satan Selfish purpose
Satan’s Dominion over Fallen Man

55. Evil Spirit
Satan
How Satan Influences Us
Evil Thoughts
and Actions
Physical Self
Spirit Self

56. Evil Spirit
Satan
Separating from Satan
Physical Self
Spirit Self
Good Thoughts and Actions

57. 1. Not loving from God’s standpoint
2. Leaving one’s proper position
3. Reversing the order of dominion
4. Multiplication of evil
The Four Fallen Natures

58. Not Taking God’s Standpoint in Loving Others Adam Archangel
God
Eve

59. Leaving one’s proper position
Adam Archangel
God
Eve

60. Adam
Archangel God Eve
Reversing the Order of Dominion

61. Multiplication of Evil Adam
Archangel
God
Eve Descendants

62. Tree of Sin
Sin – a violation of God’s law
Creates a common base for
give and take action with Satan

63. Tree of Sin
Collective Sin
Original Sin
Inherited Sin
Personal Sin

64. Tree of Sin
Collective Sin
Original Sin
Inherited Sin
Personal Sin
We can work to solve
The Messiah is needed to solve the root of sin we belong to Satan’s lineage

65. Questions