I’d like to add that God, being omnipotent, knew they’d break the “rules,” and went ahead punishing them just the same. Seems to me like the punishment was the point all along.
I agree that basically all religion is bad, but for what it’s worth, in the story Eve knows she shouldn’t eat the fruit, and she isn’t tricked, she’s tempted. Those are different things. It doesn’t make god any less of a jerk, but mistakes like that can sometimes make people disregard a whole argument because they think you don’t know what you’re talking about.
the lesson is that God is arbitrary and can change the rules on you at any time if he feels like fucking with you. And you are expected to say “Thank you Sir, may I have another?”
Checks out if you define “God” as “the universe, time, all of existence”. Probably one of the more useful and realistic lessons in the old testament.
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I’d like to add that God, being omnipotent, knew they’d break the “rules,” and went ahead punishing them just the same. Seems to me like the punishment was the point all along.
Very love. Wow.
I agree that basically all religion is bad, but for what it’s worth, in the story Eve knows she shouldn’t eat the fruit, and she isn’t tricked, she’s tempted. Those are different things. It doesn’t make god any less of a jerk, but mistakes like that can sometimes make people disregard a whole argument because they think you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Checks out if you define “God” as “the universe, time, all of existence”. Probably one of the more useful and realistic lessons in the old testament.