This blog on Zimmerman\u2019s synthesis belongs to \u201cthe science of Original Sin\u201d theme.<\/p>\n
In chapter 1, Zimmerman contemplates the relation between speech and revelation.\u00a0 He noted that the image of Adam and Eve as speaking and monogamous puts both traits at the origin (as does An Archaeology of the Fall<\/em>).\u00a0 This image means that Adam and Eve were not children.\u00a0 They also were not like hominids without language. They were aware of the meaning of the words that the Lord spoke.\u00a0 They also did not have genitalia at the service of reason.\u00a0 They were in love, whether or not they had figured out a way to consummate the desire.\u00a0 And eventually, they would have performed the deed.<\/p>\n Zimmerman is fascinated with the idea of speech.\u00a0 After all, speech, rather than monogamy (or sex, for that matter) is both medium and player in the Story of the Fall.<\/p>\n Zimmerman notes how language indicates an immaterial soul, how thought anchors itself in speech, and how God revealed himself through speech.\u00a0 In addition, language would have been necessary to transmit the revelation inherent in the Fall.\u00a0 These indications imply that Adam and Eve knew right from wrong.\u00a0 They were responsible.\u00a0 Just like us.<\/p>\n How did the human capacity for speech evolve?\u00a0 Here, Zimmerman writes before the year 2012, because for him, speech and language are the same.\u00a0 He does not consider the evolution of talk as different from the evolution of language.\u00a0 He focuses on the evolution of the vocal tract, referring to the work of Philip Lieberman and arguing that speech had certain qualities not found in any other form of animal communication, such as the rapidity in which syllables may be transmitted.\u00a0 These qualities not only gave speech an adaptive value, but also set the stage for a radical innovation, Eden, where God would give us something mind-boggling to talk about:\u00a0 Revelation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This blog on Zimmerman\u2019s synthesis belongs to \u201cthe science of Original Sin\u201d theme. In chapter 1, Zimmerman contemplates the relation between speech and revelation.\u00a0 He noted that the image of Adam and Eve as speaking and monogamous puts both traits at the origin (as does An Archaeology of the Fall).\u00a0 This image means that Adam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-science-of-original-sin"],"yoast_head":"\n