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

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Perhaps,

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

joe

Joe wrote:

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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.

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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 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?

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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
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Kirie Elite 32
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

katysails wrote:

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....

So why was eating fruit from the tree of knowledge forbidden?

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MC asked: So why was eating fruit from the tree of knowledge forbidden?

For the love a....there was NO fruit...it's an allegory....what it indicates
is that since mankind now had the ability to choose...because he now had a
conscience...life would become much more difficult....he would be affected
by his actions....he would have to think about everything and make
plans....he would have to weigh judgments....life became more complicated as
soon as man eveolved into sentience...

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