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 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?

Cheers

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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Apple is not fruit?

S

"katysails" wrote

For the love a....there was NO fruit...

Scotty,
Tnere was no apple...there was no tree...there was no serpent....it is an
ALLEGORY...it is SYMBOLISM.....

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Really? is the part about Eves' first bath and why fish smell also an
ALLEGORY?

Scotty

"katysails" wrote in message
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Scotty,
Tnere was no apple...there was no tree...there was no serpent....it is an
ALLEGORY...it is SYMBOLISM.....

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"Scott Vernon" wrote in message

| Apple is not fruit?

Not unless it's first name is 'Bob'......

CM

Katie,

Ole Thom here with question about evil?

Are you saying there was no Evil until man gained Knowledge?

OT

Are you saying there was no Evil until man gained Knowledge?

OT

Not for man...if there was some other sentient being hanging around from
somewhere else, they may have known evil....a dog that bites is not
evil....a bear that tears apart a cabin is not evil...a lion that kills his
opponents kittens to establish his own pride is not evil....if man did these
things, he would be evil

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