and evil. Now I COULD cast you out of the garden or (zap) you must now go and eat from the Tree of Antidote that I have just created." What do ya think? Naw, He had already created that lake of fire and all.
2006-10-19 18:01:32 · 16 answers · asked by eantaelor 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's only if you take those bible stories literally. I think, by some interpretations, eating from the tree of antidote would make humans immortal, but unable to have sex. Weigh the choices.
2006-10-19 18:06:33 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The story of the Tree of knowledge isn't a literal story...It's a parable, in my opinion. I don't believe the Bible is literally true, nor the only source of wisdom in the universe.
When you start on the path to attemping to become a Mage, or just working on becoming enlightend, one of the things you realize is symbology, and hidden meanings.
It's a story letting you realize that Evil, in whatever form, can corrupt things, and to be on guard against the darkness. Temptation can literally be anything, so watch your step.
But it's also a warning, with knowledge, comes a change in the person, symbolized by a loss of innocence. Once that is gone, it will never be regained. You can't unlearn something, you can't not know something.
I'm a bit of a discordian/subgenius/Chaote. I understand a bit more now, and look back on that story and understand it a bit more. I'm not the same person I was at 10, nor at 20, nor at 30. I've changed over the years, and I can't unlearn everything I've learned, and I can't unthink those thoughts.
I've lost my innocence, and can no longer walk blissfully in the garden. So with knowledge comes a cost, and that is what the story of the garden is telling you, it costs. Not that it isn't worth paying, but there ain't no free lunch in anything.
Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!
Man, I am sounding heavy tonite, going to come down off the mountaintop, and play on my playstation for a bit, i think I've let too much maturity creep in! Dragonwarrior 8 here I come!
2006-10-19 18:16:03 · answer #2 · answered by Hatir Ba Loon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know why God created the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? He did it because he loved mankind enough to give them the ability to back out of serving Him if they didn't want to. An unloving God would've created them like robots, with no choice but to serve Him. No, he gave them a choice because love must go both ways, He chose to love them, He wanted them to choose to love him too, but forced love is not love at all, so he had to give them the option. And if they chose not to serve Him, then it's a perfectly fair concept to say that He could no longer serve them either. And God gave them full warning about the tree, they could've resisted satan and chosen not to eat the fruit and continued in their relationship with God as it was.
2006-10-19 18:18:32 · answer #3 · answered by Soldier for Christ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to understand one of the prime themes of the story of adam and eve. before they ate from the tree, they were nothing more than ignorant animals. the garden was peaceful and serene, but the people in it were like automatons. why would G-d really want to send them back to that state? instead, eating from the tree is what allowed them to differentiate between good and evil, and make the choice between them both - only after they ate the apple did they truly have free will. it was the act of eating the apple that gave them real humanity.
2006-10-19 18:09:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine.. Adam and Eve could have lived in joy, bliss, and intimacy with the Creator for all eternity, had they not taken a bite out of the 'ol apple.
I Cr 13;8a
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2006-10-19 18:07:19 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm probably going to get reported by someone but I'll try anyway to answer this .... the theological view of many scholars is that this is a metaphor of spiritual relevance ....only fundamentalist
think it really happened as written without a thinking interpretation
I serious hope this helps clear up the fog
2006-10-19 18:12:16 · answer #6 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is there a question?
I can understand your confusion, but you need a good Bible study group. They can help you understand what was going on, why it happened, and the relationship of God with His creations at the time. Don't try to put this most ancient of stories in a modern context.
2006-10-19 18:05:04 · answer #7 · answered by roberticvs 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually, that conversation went more like this: "Okay, you have eaten from the tree....., now I will send My only begotten Son to the earth to die in your stead that you may be redeemed from sin for eternity! That's how much I love U!"
Read Genesis...
2006-10-19 18:06:01 · answer #8 · answered by adrift feline 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To rephrase this question If I was God I would have done it better, but since he didn't do it my way this must viewed as conclusive proof for the non existence of God. Which is what I really wanted to believe all along and am trying to convince myself by convincing you.
2006-10-19 18:11:58 · answer #9 · answered by Edward J 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is this a question?
BTW, they were not cast out, as in "Leave this place now!", rather, they were led out. Possibly by the hand, to keep them from messing with more stuff.
2006-10-19 18:07:07 · answer #10 · answered by JG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋