Re: Adam and Eve - myth?

William writes

>You are correct that they had no knowledge of good or evil in the
>general sense.

Aw, thanks.

>They had only one rule: do not eat of the tree of
>knowledge of good and evil.

Agreed. But they had two arguments to listen to - the serpent's
or God's (I can't believe that I'm writing about a talking serpent -
this feels rather odd). It is funny how Christians always like to
challenge the presuppositions of others. They have an enormous blind
spot when it comes to this Adam and Eve tale.

The serpent was more believable than God in the story. They trusted
the serpent. Modern Christians "know" the serpent is evil and thus
the story makes sense. But this is false hope. Adam and Eve found
the serpent more believable. The story falls apart.

>They broke that rule.

They had a choice to make. The serpent was more believable. The
story falls apart.

>I'm curious, Jim. To simply say that Genesis is myth is a very broad
>statement. Can you give us some specific examples?
>Thanks

Science disagrees with just about everything in Genesis. But you
don't even need a scientific background to expose Genesis as myth.
You just need to hear the other side of the story.

Jim
 
Received on Fri Dec 19 19:42:29 2003