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Originally Posted by cellophanedeity
I was just reading the "Christians and the TFP" thread and I had a thought.
The story of Adam and Eve says (please correct me if I am mistaken at any point here) that a snake convinces Eve and, by connection, Adam to eat the forbidden fruit, which God told them specifically not to do. For this, Adam and Eve are pushed out into the world.
It seems to me that the Christian faith says that this is where it all went wrong. Even taking the story as no more than a story, I disagree. What would be the point of living forever if one was just happy and ignorant the entire time? Is life not for knowledge?
Why even bother if you're just going to be a sedated pet?
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It was not that man was without knowledge, but God wanted man to rely on God for all things because God will and has provided all things to man. All God wanted was man's 100% trust in the Lord. The events of Adam and Eve is not simply a story, it is a record of what has happened in the beginning of time. I believe that apple God forbade Adam and Even to eat did not really provide any real knowledge, it was just put there, to give Adam and Eve free will, so God has not imprisoned them, rather gave them the choice to do things of their own will... Going against God is a sin, which Adam and Eve has done by defying God and eating the 1 fruit out of the entire world that God has given to them to rule over.
Someone once told me, If my mother told me not stick my hand into open flames, for if i do, i will surely get burned, and the moment she leaves the room, I proceed to stick my hand into the open flames. Who's fault is it?