Did Yahweh do us a favor by denying us eternal life?

[Greatest I am]

I don't disagree with the assessment that literal readings are, in effect, idol worship (that's why I call them all magic books, and book fetishists, after all) - but that doesn't change the fact of whether a literal reading is older, or that your specific non literal reading is the original true reading even in the limited set of non literal readings.

Again, this is a claim that every abrahamic of every stripe has always fallen back on as a crutch.  It's not true.  It's a desired good, not a possessed item.  Everyone always claims that they got it right, and other's "flipped it".  That's not what happened.

Origen, as your example, said that - but also believed that adam was a historic person.  For origen, the historicity of the narrative was an essential christian belief.  A literal man and literal woman literally fell, and as a consequence all of mankind as their descendants are in need.  We were in no way liberated or elevated by this.  If this did not happen, there is no need for christ.  There would be no christ.  These were origens beliefs.  As we see, an allegorist can believe in literal narratives, and a literalist can believe that the narrative has additional allegorical value.  It's almost certain that they will, if they believe that magic book contains much more knowledge than is readily apparent on a surface review - which they do.

adam means society or tribe.

Created he them, male and female, and called them adam.

If you cannot believe what the ancients wrote of literalism, what can I say.

Regards
DL

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Heaven is as vile a concept as hell. Both are orwellian concepts.

Snipped for brevity but nicely put my friend.

Regards
DL