A little study of the Bible will
reveal how absurd some of its writings are:
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
~ Genesis 2:15 - 17
[Even as a child, I questioned: Why wouldn't God want people to have knowledge? What I rationalized is that it was the knowledge of evil that he didn't want people to have and that it was a package deal--that is, if you had knowledge, then you had both knowledge of good and evil. But, think about it: without knowledge humans would have been just as ignorant as the other animals. For a supreme being to want that of us is absurd.]
1 Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
~ Genesis 2:15 - 17
[Even as a child, I questioned: Why wouldn't God want people to have knowledge? What I rationalized is that it was the knowledge of evil that he didn't want people to have and that it was a package deal--that is, if you had knowledge, then you had both knowledge of good and evil. But, think about it: without knowledge humans would have been just as ignorant as the other animals. For a supreme being to want that of us is absurd.]
1 Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
2 The
woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but
God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the
garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You
will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For
God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be
like God, knowing
good and evil.”
~ Genesis 3:1 - 5
~ Genesis 3:1 - 5
[If snakes talked then, why don't any snakes talk now?
Moreover, history reveals that the snake was correct in that the Bible says: “Adam had lived 130 years.” (Genesis 5:3)
But, like a gullible Christian, I rationalized that the death would be spiritual—not physical.
Then, if that is so, THE BIBLE SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LITERALLY. And, WE SHOULD GET THE LESSONS FROM IT BUT NOT BELIEVE THAT THE STORIES ARE TRUE.]
Moreover, history reveals that the snake was correct in that the Bible says: “Adam had lived 130 years.” (Genesis 5:3)
But, like a gullible Christian, I rationalized that the death would be spiritual—not physical.
Then, if that is so, THE BIBLE SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LITERALLY. And, WE SHOULD GET THE LESSONS FROM IT BUT NOT BELIEVE THAT THE STORIES ARE TRUE.]
