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Boetie · Feb 21, 2006, 01:15 pm

It can be said the birth of religions is based on the judgement that man does not live in paradise. Almost all religions except for one that I know of blames man for this problem. The exception to this was the Gnostics, they blamed the creator God.

What I find curious is why did western civilization run to the blame man story and not the blame God story?

The blame man story leads to the least amount of sense. Let's take the fall story. If God didn't want man to fall he wouldn't put the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden in the first place? It gets even more screwy, God kicked man out of the Garden so that he won't eat the Tree of Life. If God didn't want man to eat the Tree of Life why did he put the tree there in the first place? And what if man ate the Tree of Life before he ate the Tree of Knowledge? Can you now see how this blame man story leads one into a labyrinth.

You can also see why the Christians urges their followers to stay away from reason.

The blame God story is much more simple. With a that story like that you don't need priests or mullahs or rabbis or an organization.

Again which two stories makes more sense?

Feb 21, 2006, 01:15 pm	#1 (permalink) (top)
Boetie Hot Lava Posts: 1,227	Do you live in paradise? It can be said the birth of religions is based on the judgement that man does not live in paradise. Almost all religions except for one that I know of blames man for this problem. The exception to this was the Gnostics, they blamed the creator God. What I find curious is why did western civilization run to the blame man story and not the blame God story? The blame man story leads to the least amount of sense. Let's take the fall story. If God didn't want man to fall he wouldn't put the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden in the first place? It gets even more screwy, God kicked man out of the Garden so that he won't eat the Tree of Life. If God didn't want man to eat the Tree of Life why did he put the tree there in the first place? And what if man ate the Tree of Life before he ate the Tree of Knowledge? Can you now see how this blame man story leads one into a labyrinth. You can also see why the Christians urges their followers to stay away from reason. The blame God story is much more simple. With a that story like that you don't need priests or mullahs or rabbis or an organization. Again which two stories makes more sense?