God threw out his children for minor defiance? What a terrible parent.

God did not throw them out...they threw themselves out by the consequences
of their own actions....stop looking at the story and start looking at the
message...if you do evil, you are punished....before "original sin", man had
no concept of evil, just like a dog or cow or salamander doesn't have a
concept of evil....lower animals know danger and fear, but evil is not
something they deal with....they do not make moral or ethical
decisions....sometimes I think it would have been better if we hadn't
evolved....we'd certainly be a happier lot....

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