Fall of Humanity: Then and Now Worksheet
Course: CWV 301
Date:
Instructor:
PART ONE: THE FALL - THEN
Read the assigned readings in Topic 3 (textbook Chapter 4, Topic 3 Overview, "The Mystery of
Original Sin" article, and Bible passages) and address the following questions with a total word
count (including all questions and answers combined) of 500-900 words.
Cite all of the resources used with in-text citations, using at least two sources from the Topic 3
readings. Include these in the reference list at the end of the assignment.
Write your paragraph response directly below each question:
1. What is revealed about human nature (from Genesis 1-2)?
As the book of Genesis opens up, it describes God‘s creation of the world. The repeated
descriptive declaration of the Lord‘s creative endeavor is one word: ―good.‖ Everything the
Lord creates in the first six days is ―good‖—right down to the most important creation occurring
on day six: mankind. Dan Diffey affirmed, ―It is clear from the creation account that human
[sic], including human bodies, were created ‗very good‘‖ (Diffey, 2016). The first two people,
Adam and Eve, were created without sin; they existed in a state of innocence—never having
personally chosen or experienced evil. God tasked Adam and Eve to keep the garden within the
context of an unhindered, intimate relationship with Him. In order to continue enjoying this
qualitative state of existence in the direct presence of their Creator, Adam and Eve were expected
to merely obey God‘s commands—an expectation that was not out of reach. Sadly, they failed.
2. What are the consequences of the fall for human nature (from Genesis 3)?
After Eve was coerced by the serpent into eating the fruit borne from the Tree of
Knowledge of Good and Evil, God punished humanity. He punished women by making
childbearing painful and birth being a laborious affair and making them serve their husbands. For
men, He made work painful and saw to it that men must work the fields and toil endlessly so as
to be able to eat. This punishment was confounded by God with Him stating, ―You will eat your
food until you return to the ground … for dust you are and to dust you will return‖ (Genesis
3:16). Perhaps one of the greatest consequences of The Fall is not the loss of immortality, but a
lost chance (Barr, as cited in Berry, 2016, para. 12). Given God's apparent dismay and anger at
Course: CWV 301
Date:
Instructor:
PART ONE: THE FALL - THEN
Read the assigned readings in Topic 3 (textbook Chapter 4, Topic 3 Overview, "The Mystery of
Original Sin" article, and Bible passages) and address the following questions with a total word
count (including all questions and answers combined) of 500-900 words.
Cite all of the resources used with in-text citations, using at least two sources from the Topic 3
readings. Include these in the reference list at the end of the assignment.
Write your paragraph response directly below each question:
1. What is revealed about human nature (from Genesis 1-2)?
As the book of Genesis opens up, it describes God‘s creation of the world. The repeated
descriptive declaration of the Lord‘s creative endeavor is one word: ―good.‖ Everything the
Lord creates in the first six days is ―good‖—right down to the most important creation occurring
on day six: mankind. Dan Diffey affirmed, ―It is clear from the creation account that human
[sic], including human bodies, were created ‗very good‘‖ (Diffey, 2016). The first two people,
Adam and Eve, were created without sin; they existed in a state of innocence—never having
personally chosen or experienced evil. God tasked Adam and Eve to keep the garden within the
context of an unhindered, intimate relationship with Him. In order to continue enjoying this
qualitative state of existence in the direct presence of their Creator, Adam and Eve were expected
to merely obey God‘s commands—an expectation that was not out of reach. Sadly, they failed.
2. What are the consequences of the fall for human nature (from Genesis 3)?
After Eve was coerced by the serpent into eating the fruit borne from the Tree of
Knowledge of Good and Evil, God punished humanity. He punished women by making
childbearing painful and birth being a laborious affair and making them serve their husbands. For
men, He made work painful and saw to it that men must work the fields and toil endlessly so as
to be able to eat. This punishment was confounded by God with Him stating, ―You will eat your
food until you return to the ground … for dust you are and to dust you will return‖ (Genesis
3:16). Perhaps one of the greatest consequences of The Fall is not the loss of immortality, but a
lost chance (Barr, as cited in Berry, 2016, para. 12). Given God's apparent dismay and anger at
