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The serpent, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life.
#31
RE: The serpent, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life.
No Tonus.
but it can be the ultimate distraction.
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#32
RE: The serpent, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life.
From what? And do I really want to know?
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#33
RE: The serpent, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life.
From mindlessly following along. I suppose the fall of man was inevitable. Adam and Eve are apparently expected to follow orders and not do anything crazy like pursue knowledge, so when the snake tells Eve to eat from the fruit of the tree, her instinct is to do so. Otherwise she might have to apply some critical thinking, and that way lies disast... ohhh...
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."

-Stephen Jay Gould
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#34
RE: The serpent, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life.
Xeno, If one can be kept distracted from the absolute solution of the 2 big questions in life-
1) What am I doing here?
2) Where will I be in a hundred years?
And be enticed to believe lies, or endlessly following after rabbit trails of any variety of "deep" knowledge, and you never get your answer to those two big questions- you are not ready to face your maker at the end of this life.

The pseudo intellectuals will tell you there is no rhyme or reason for life/ no one can find those answers, or hand you a bunch of BS and say you are an idiot for asking.
They are responsible for themselves and deceiving others.
You are responsible for you.
If, as you learn what you need to know about life, work, people, etc., you also pursue knowing the truth about yourself and the truth about God-
THAT is what you will find, plus the other things you need thrown in.
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#35
RE: The serpent, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life.
And I didn't want to know. Good.
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#36
RE: The serpent, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life.
What a package, huh? I've got something real good for you but you can only get if you stay ignorant and stupid (so I can control you). Oh, and if you don't, you'll be tortured for eternity. Is that the most insidious pile of shit ever or what?

Are you a used-car salesman, professor? You should be if you're not.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein
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#37
RE: The serpent, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life.
(January 31, 2015 at 10:24 am)professor Wrote: Xeno, If one can be kept distracted from the absolute solution of the 2 big questions in life-
1) What am I doing here?
Reading this forum, before going on to editing photos.
(January 31, 2015 at 10:24 am)professor Wrote: 2) Where will I be in a hundred years?
Died and buried.

That was easy.
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#38
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I don't think you can sell too many cars from an apocalypse bunker :p
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#39
RE: The serpent, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life.
(January 31, 2015 at 10:24 am)professor Wrote: The pseudo intellectuals will tell you there is no rhyme or reason for life/ no one can find those answers, or hand you a bunch of BS and say you are an idiot for asking.
They are responsible for themselves and deceiving others.

I don't think you're an idiot for asking, but you can't know the answers. We're not decieving ourselves for thinking that, either, because recognizing that every argument ever made that does claim to know has been completely unfounded is not deception. And it has nothing to do with knowledge, either. It's just good reasoning.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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#40
RE: The serpent, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life.
(January 30, 2015 at 1:33 pm)Faith No More Wrote:
(January 30, 2015 at 12:51 pm)professor Wrote: Tonus, THAT was worth reading this whole thread.

OK Xeno, I will give this a shot- The devil deliberately inspires people to seek knowledge rather than God (in whom, and in relationship to, is Life.
The occult organizations, including the Masons, and various religions are the vehicles to entrap people into this never ending seeking of knowledge.
It is the same ploy he used on A&E.

The JWs left a little booklet on my door once a long time ago, it said (supposedly quoting the New Testament and Jesus' words- "This is eternal life- that they may know about thee..."
All the snake's helpers did was add one single word to totally change the meaning- They added the word "About".
Substituting superficial knowledge instead of vital personal relationship.

Why is god so against knowledge? Has it not occurred to you that perhaps the author was trying to keep the reader from learning that the whole thing was made up?

God doesn't like smart people, they ask too many awkward questions.
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