Navigator wrote in message ...
Joe wrote:



Satan introduced sickness, pain, suffering and death into the creation
as a consequence of that first sin.


Aha! So gaining knowlege is a big sin. That explains a lot. Thanks.

Cheers

Who said **** about gaining knowledge Nav?

IMO both good and bad exist on this earth. Those that seek bad will
find it, those that seek good will find it.

knowledge is good and bad depending on how you use it.

Joe

Joe wrote:
Navigator wrote in message ...

Joe wrote:



Satan introduced sickness, pain, suffering and death into the creation
as a consequence of that first sin.


Aha! So gaining knowlege is a big sin. That explains a lot. Thanks.

Cheers


Who said **** about gaining knowledge Nav?



Wasn't original sin consuming knowlege -a fruit in the metaphor?

Cheers

Navigator


Wasn't original sin consuming knowlege -a fruit in the metaphor?

Cheers

Perhaps,

i always saw the original sin as an act of definace more than a quest
for knowledge on adams part.

joe

Joe wrote:

Navigator

Wasn't original sin consuming knowlege -a fruit in the metaphor?

Cheers


Perhaps,

i always saw the original sin as an act of definace more than a quest
for knowledge on adams part.


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

Cheers

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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katysails
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
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katysails wrote:

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..

So, knowlege _is_ evil to the believers?

Cheeers

So, knowlege _is_ evil to the believers?

Np...knowledge is not evil...it is what a person with free will does with
the knowledge that can become evil....knowledge is a tool that can be used
for either good or evil....

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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

"Joe" wrote in message

| knowledge is good and bad depending on how you use it.

Maybe you meant to say

Knowledge is neither Good nor Bad........

It's use on the other hand...........

.....well that's neither good nor bad either depending which side you are on!

CM