This time Ransom landed himself on Venus, where he met the first man and woman and the vile serpent (in the form of Weston). Yes, he was transported back to the time of Genesis.
What remained most salient from the book was the phrase : Felix peccatum Adae- the happy sin of Adam.
The quote came from a Roman Catholic liturgy:
O certe necessarium Adae peccatum, quod Christi morte deletum est!
O felix culpa, quae talem ac tantum meruit habere Redemptorem!
The sin of Adam was meant to be celebratory because it led to the coming of Christ to cleanse men's sins. What I found interesting about this was the question of what if Adam had resisted the temptation and not sinned? Would Christ still come to earth as the Son of Man? If he had not come to earth, what would become of us and Christianity?
Some argued that Adam's sin was part of God's plan, that it would have been impossible for him to resist the temptation of the serpent. I find it hard to believe this. I still believe that men can exercise free will, make his own decisions, etc but the daily things in life, are however, perhaps, planted by God. I don't deny that perhaps the temptation was part of God's plan but what Adam did was entirely of his own free will.
Speaking of free will reminds me of Viktor Frankl's Men's search for meaning, which I had finished reading a couple of minutes ago. Will be next in my book log.
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