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"James" <bireda@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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> >Jani <Jani@dsl.pipex.com>
>
>>Re: Satan...what a concept
>
>><hedrick@geneva.rutgers.edu> wrote in message
>>news:XN7%i.9302$cD.8571@trndny08...
>>> Jani <Jani@dsl.pipex.com> writes
>>>
>>>>The salient characteristic of the serpent in Genesis is subtlety and
>>>>craftiness, not outright evil. I suppose you could make a case that God
>>>>put
>>>
>>> You don't think trying to make Adam and Eve commit the first sin is
>>> evil?
>>
>>No, I don't. It was a test. How could they have made a right choice
>>without
>>being offered a wrong one?
>>
>>The serpent clearly knew what God had commanded, and attempts to
>>> twist things so that Eve violates the commandment.
>>
>>It's not that much of a twist, really. He says they'll know good and evil,
>>and be "as gods" in that respect, and they won't die from touching the
>>tree,
>>all of which turned out to be true.
>>
>>Jani
>>
>
> Jani,
>
> There is also another explanation on what it means to be "as gods" and
> to know good and evil. Knowing good from bad was clearly not the
> problem here, since Eve quoted the command by God not to touch that
> tree, and if she did, the consequences that would follow. (Ge 3:2,3)
>
> So then in what way did Adam and Eve come to know good and evil after
> they ate the forbidden fruit? In what way does God know good and evil?
> God decides for Himself what is good and is evil. He defines the
> parameters. So when Adam and Eve disobeyed God's clear prohibition
> command, they were telling God that they would decide for themselves
> what was really right and what was really wrong for them, thus they
> became "as gods" in knowing good and evil.
BIG ****ING DEAL, if the PILE OF CRAP christian god didn't want adam and eve
eating fruit from his almighty mother****ing precious tree, then why did the
DUMBSHIT christian god put it within their reach to begin with.?
DEATH TO THE MASS-MURDERING, CHILD-KILLING COLD-HEARTED PILE OF GARBAGE
christian god
news:13f2n3ho1f9d52ndv3c4t7jmt39u08576l@4ax.com...
> >Jani <Jani@dsl.pipex.com>
>
>>Re: Satan...what a concept
>
>><hedrick@geneva.rutgers.edu> wrote in message
>>news:XN7%i.9302$cD.8571@trndny08...
>>> Jani <Jani@dsl.pipex.com> writes
>>>
>>>>The salient characteristic of the serpent in Genesis is subtlety and
>>>>craftiness, not outright evil. I suppose you could make a case that God
>>>>put
>>>
>>> You don't think trying to make Adam and Eve commit the first sin is
>>> evil?
>>
>>No, I don't. It was a test. How could they have made a right choice
>>without
>>being offered a wrong one?
>>
>>The serpent clearly knew what God had commanded, and attempts to
>>> twist things so that Eve violates the commandment.
>>
>>It's not that much of a twist, really. He says they'll know good and evil,
>>and be "as gods" in that respect, and they won't die from touching the
>>tree,
>>all of which turned out to be true.
>>
>>Jani
>>
>
> Jani,
>
> There is also another explanation on what it means to be "as gods" and
> to know good and evil. Knowing good from bad was clearly not the
> problem here, since Eve quoted the command by God not to touch that
> tree, and if she did, the consequences that would follow. (Ge 3:2,3)
>
> So then in what way did Adam and Eve come to know good and evil after
> they ate the forbidden fruit? In what way does God know good and evil?
> God decides for Himself what is good and is evil. He defines the
> parameters. So when Adam and Eve disobeyed God's clear prohibition
> command, they were telling God that they would decide for themselves
> what was really right and what was really wrong for them, thus they
> became "as gods" in knowing good and evil.
BIG ****ING DEAL, if the PILE OF CRAP christian god didn't want adam and eve
eating fruit from his almighty mother****ing precious tree, then why did the
DUMBSHIT christian god put it within their reach to begin with.?
DEATH TO THE MASS-MURDERING, CHILD-KILLING COLD-HEARTED PILE OF GARBAGE
christian god
