Christianity, by the way, has a distinctly and obviously cosmopolitan aspect to it--although they aren't the same thing.
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Not only is the first city founded by Cain, but cities routinely show up in the Bible as examples of humanity at its worst.
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My take: after the fall, humanity could no longer live as a part of "nature," and took to cities. To redeem man is also to redeem the city!
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But this is risky business. Virtually every effort to "redeem" cities has backfired horribly. Likewise with efforts to "redeem" humanity!
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I think there's an explanation for this though--all these attempts at making a New Man or Healthy City, etc, come from pride.
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Unfortunately, I don't know of any particular alternative. I think that's sort of the point though. It isn't by OUR plans that we're saved.
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Fratricidal sibling/brotherly rivalry underwrites the building of Solomon's Temple? Arguably correlations btwn Cain & Hiram Abiff?:)
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Cain is Fallen Adam. Hiram is Crafty Adam (Material builder but esoteric skills) Christ is New Adam perfected man.
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