tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741808702329609286.post7273627738969585793..comments2021-09-16T12:52:38.573-07:00Comments on I is for Ignostic: Death of the "Banana Man"A is for Atheisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06707383740611116793noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741808702329609286.post-44388269355725384942011-07-06T10:26:12.684-07:002011-07-06T10:26:12.684-07:00Thank you for your reply, however, I think your an...Thank you for your reply, however, I think your analogy breaks down on several points. First, Adam & Eve were grown intelligent human beings, they were innocent but not stupid. Second, they had everything they could want in a perfect world. God didn't place them alone in a room with a box of poisoned chocolates. God gave them a perfect Disneyland, full of all sorts of sweets, sights, smells. Adam & Eve may never have eaten of the tree if it had not been for the serpent. God provided perfectly for his creation, treating them like a good father. Does not a good father place boundaries for his children, does he not teach them and discipline them? <br /><br />After reading your serpent as the hero post, I found it interesting that it is your "hero" who turned it from a matriarchal to a patriarchal society. Of course I believe nothing of the sort. As mentioned in the Genesis and taught by many Christians, Adam was right there with Eve, it was as much his sin for not refuting the serpent as it was hers for taking the fruit. <br /><br />Also, there is nothing from the biblical account that leads me to believe Adam & Eve could become gods. Know good and evil, yes, live forever, yes. Become gods? Where did that come from? Also, it is a possibility that Adam & Eve were already eating from the Tree of Life, no death is talked about before sin, and the Tree of Life was not forbidden until after sin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741808702329609286.post-38878529495905669282011-07-05T12:46:40.712-07:002011-07-05T12:46:40.712-07:00@ Anonymous
It would be logically incompatible fo...@ Anonymous<br /><br />It would be logically incompatible for a perfect god to create imperfect beings, unless he planned it that way. If you read my post on the serpent being the hero, you will come to realize that Yahweh set humans up to fail by putting a forbidden tree in a garden with Adam and Eve who were as "innocent as babes" It would be like a real father putting a box of poisoned chocolates in front of a 2 yr old and then leaving the room. I don't have to be god to know what would happen, and it would be the fathers fault--not the childs'--which is also the case in the story of Adam and Eve. <br /><br />There is no reason for Christianity without this story being taken literally, as then there is no "original sin" to be redeemed from. Theologians have admitted this. Therefore, if this story is to be taken metaphorically, there is no reason for Christianity. If it is taken literally, the Christian god is a manipulative monster.A is for Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06707383740611116793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741808702329609286.post-10759255028400864842011-07-05T11:59:01.847-07:002011-07-05T11:59:01.847-07:00I am curious about your argument of a perfect God ...I am curious about your argument of a perfect God and Free Will. Is it possible for a perfect God to create perfect humans with perfect desires but those desires lead to sin? In reading Genesis 3, "the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise" All of these were good desires, taste, beauty, knowledge. The only condition that made it sin was God's command. So in my reading Adam & Eve were the only humans that had free will. They had conflicting desires, made a choice, and humans were cursed. If you take out Free Will and project that God orchestrated their failure, then I see no reason for the pervasiveness of Christianity, why is there hope and the message of Jesus making things perfect again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741808702329609286.post-54358916079490246892011-04-10T21:45:58.975-07:002011-04-10T21:45:58.975-07:00why is your life precious?why is your life precious?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com