Imperfection

Jaimie, this is superb, you are truly one of my favorite poets to read on here, your subject matter is always interesting and so well articulated...love your approach as well, you seem to invite conversation, while holding strong opinions; simply brilliant....this poem in fact speaks of a subject I have very strong opinion on, I've had heated discussions on it as well; having my own very strong religious beliefs, I have embraced the practice of not confronting others who differ in their beliefs; it's mostly a respect thing with me really....in this poem I happen to agree with your approach, and the logic of your very reasonable questions, I embrace procreation; Adam and Eve created by God in His image; perfect, at the introduction of sin their characters began to get tarnished, and became subject to death, and disease and so on, Now if you believe that we are descendants of Adam and Eve we have inherited their sinful nature (this I believe) and with time that nature has diluted...  the vitality and perfection that they possessed in the Garden of Eden is gone; in no way do we have today what they had back then; it's like squeezing fresh grapes if possible, a million times over until not much is left of the original fruit...Now I'm not taking God out of the creation process, He after all made them, and we are their seed, but like you said in the write we are born in sin, I believe God offers us more today than they had back then....in this write to implied or said this in the form of a question, again inviting conversation....obviously I enjoyed reading this intelligent write on a most fascinating subject matter...cheers  

'Did the knowledge of evil cause our own imperfections?
Were they handed down generation to generation
until imperfection touched us all?
Perhaps that is why it is said, "all are born with sin"'

I'm honored Jamie....looking forward