This is a world understood from a metonymic point of view as that which lacks organicity, and yet at the same time the whole point of the story is thematically metaphoric.

这个世界要从转喻的角度来理解,因为世界没有组织性，而且同时,整个故事的主旨就是比喻性的。

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They're not an account of the divine, which is what theology means,an account of the divine.

这些故事无关神性，和那些神学中所指的，对预言的阐述。

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There has been a long tradition of interpreting the deed or the sin of Adam and Eve as sexual, and there are some hints in the story that would support such an interpretation.

很长的一段时间中，我们把亚当夏娃所犯的原罪,解释为他们之间的性举动，这个故事中，有些暗示,与这种解释，不谋而合。

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There's narrative, wonderful narrative stories.

有记叙性的，精彩纷呈的记叙故事。

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