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Quote by: Flip Jackson And I think God knew Adam and Eve would eat of the fruit of the tree of life, and that was part of the plan. It was necessary for us to get bodies and come to earth. Would you prefer that we just hang around as spirits and watch Adam and Eve live forever in ignorance? It was dongerous to eat the fruit, but it was a transition in the way things work. It is like how we live with our parents until we are ready to learn and grow on our own. If they had stayed in the Garden they wouldn't have progressed much would they? |
I agree. The Genesis account has a metaphorical meaning. The literal meaning is just too stupid to contemplate. There are several versions of the genesis account. In many of them there are two trees that mankind is not supposed to eat from. One is the tree of knowledge, the tree we have all heard about, the other is the tree of everlasting life. The lesson is that we made a choice that we would pay for dearly and we chose knowledge over living forever. That is a mythological statement about us. I of course would have munched on an apple from both trees. There is also mythology that says that if we did eat of both trees then we would have become gods. And because of this god had to expel us from Eden before we did. It is a jealous god after all.
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