Genesis 3

I think the fact that Eve and then Adam ate from the tree when they were told is a good point to highlight. I like to think that if the creator of the universe were talking to me face-to-face and he told me explicitly not to do something, then i would listen. I mean apparently he gave them everything they needed. He even gave the man a companion to love and with whom to have sex. The only thing that he didn't want them to do was eat from this one tree. That's it...was that too much to ask? I don't think so. If I was in Adam's position, I would have slapped Eve's ass when she just willingly ate from the tree when some snake told her. Kill the snake, stop the lady from eating....problems solved! You really dropped the ball on this one Adam.

I hate to think that God created the first two humans with reasoning skills as poor as the ones that they have on display in chapter three of Genesis. He shouldn't have been surprised when they ate from the tree. He should have seen it coming all the way, of course, according to Christians, he totally saw it coming. So if he saw it coming in the first place, take whatever part of the brain flawed their reasoning so badly out of the brain so we could live the life that we were "intended".

The aside could potentially be the most interesting part of the blog. The notion that the fruit on the tree of knowledge of good and evil could actually hold that particular knowledge is very intriguing. The reason for this is because without knowledge of good and evil morals do not exist. There is no right and no wrong. So this means that before the two first humans ate from the tree, there was no moral code. So it looks like ignorance really is bliss. The knowledge of right and wrong did exist but the only person (being) who had this knowledge was God. So it seems like the two humans could run around and do whatever the hell they wanted and there would be no repercussions.

It says that after they eat the fruit they realized they were naked. I wonder what body parts shocked them the most. Different cultures hold different parts of the body to be bad, so the fact that the bible leaves that out is very convenient. This helps the text adapt to any culture. Whatever body part the reader of the text thinks is bad is what their Adam and Eve cover up. Very clever author of genesis.....very clever indeed.

The deprivation of knowledge question leads directly to the whole ignorance is bliss idea. The ability to think freely is going to lead to questions of this type eventually.

The last two points in the original post are good points but there is no need to elaborate on them further. The last idea on the page about the punishments being outdated is very interesting so be sure you check out the other blog and read it. Thanks for the time!