"Yahweh's authority lay not merely in omniscience and omnipotence, but in His supreme and singular status, and in His power to judge and define all things."
Adam half-closed his eyes, taking in the insight and understanding Delasion had gained. As a soul originating from an Eastern civilizational lineage, these were things he had originally found difficult to fully comprehend.
He might have grasped part of it, but he had still lacked that final layer needed to capture it completely and accurately.
If Delasion had not truly acted as Yahweh and personally received instruction from the powers Yahweh had left behind, even he would have struggled to understand its core so viscerally.
"The seven deadly sins... their sin did not arise from harming others, but from offending Yahweh. These acts shook Yahweh's authority and challenged Yahweh's rules."
Take pride, for instance. The root of that sin was not contempt for others, but contempt for Yahweh—placing oneself above Yahweh, or seeking a status equal to Yahweh's.
"Morning star, son of the dawn! How had you fallen from heaven? You who defeated the nations, how had you been cut down to the earth?"
Adam spoke, and the Yahweh before him abruptly began melting at a far faster rate:
"For you had said in your heart: I will ascend to heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the farthest reaches of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself equal with the Most High. Yet you shall be brought down to hell, to the deepest depths of the pit."
Then there were envy, greed, and gluttony. The fundamental reason they became original sins was not because they harmed others, but because they infringed upon