Genesis 3

[abaris]

The babble-book also states that Adam's purpose was to tend god's garden.

So basically an illegal immigrant employed without social security.

[Cyberman]

Scab labour.

[IATIA]

So basically an illegal immigrant employed without social security.

Or bennies.

[Tonus]

The babble-book also states that Adam's purpose was to tend god's garden.

Yahweh was particularly impressed at how neatly he trimmed his burning bush.

[1=2]

Genesis 3:

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

I was going through Genesis again for the lulz, and started thinking about this. The reason that god gives for kicking people out of Eden is that they could eat of the tree of life and be immortal. That they wouldn't need him "the man has become as one of us," God says. Nowhere in this is sin mentioned. Only fear and trepidation.

By the by, notice the plural "us" that is used. Who is God talking to?

There's also the implication that since the man does not have eternal life that he would have died anyway even without eating the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. So god is a liar too.

I think the "us" is reference to the trinity and if you read beyond the first book the is a great deal of talk about enternal life

Keep in mind this was written long before the prophecies about Christ. It is obvious that this was not a reference to the trinity.

[professor]

No, of course it could not have been referring to the Trinity- that would negate a lot of flack from atheists, Jews and Muslims.
We could never have such a thing.

[Minimalist]

No one ever heard of the fucking 'trinity' until Tertullain invented it...and he died in the 3d century AD.

[Cyberman]

Negate flack? I have no idea what you're talking about at this point.

(And it's 'flak', btw, unless you're referring to Roberta. You're killing me softly with your vocabulary atrocities.)

[Thumpalumpacus]

People trust you with paint?

NO.

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Choice was always apart of God's over all plan, otherwise the forbidden tree would not have been put in the garden to begin with.

Was your god surprised by their choice?

[robvalue]

Honest answer: No he was not surprised. Surprise is a human emotion which comes from discovering something you didn't already know about. And since God just made these people and knows everything about them, and how they make choices, he knew what they would choose.

Theist answer: Free will no yes he wasn't he did surprise but he knows everything but the tree and the snake he loves you but he wants a choice you made the wrong choice God is always right leave me alone.