THE CURSE OF ADAM

          Does it seem like the more humans try to free themselves from the biological world, the more they enslave themselves?  The movement to urban cities is supposed to be the epitome of civilization.  The country folk are still disdained as simpletons and hicks. 

          A friend of mine drew my attention to this quote.  “. . . the Europeans are post-Christian in this sense, too: they have tried to “liberate” themselves from the curse of Adam by substituting borrowing for working, and from the curse of Eve by not having children. It was entirely foreseeable that neither of these efforts would end well.”

          I believe this trend began after the Second World War, which is now about sixty years ago.  I wonder how long they will have to wander in the wilderness before their children can build the promised land.