Vito:
Much of the Old Testament, especially the first 5 books, are allegorical in
nature and not meant to be historical renderings or archives at all (watch
the fundamentalists squirm...). My own personal take on Adam and Eve and the
tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is this. Mankind evolved....one day he
(the universal "he") developed a conscience....whammo...good and evil now
exist in the mind of man....He can no longer live in innocence and naivety
but must be ever aware that there are consequences to every action and that
he is responsible...voila...he is now "different" than the other
animals....He is evolved....

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