(May 6, 2010 at 4:40 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:Scented nectar Wrote:If you are starting off as a sinner because of a distant ancestor eating something she was told not to eat, then where is personal accountability? How are you responsible for someone else's behaviour? Why does Jesus think you are a sinner for something you didn't even do? The result of ending religion's rule over people, will be REAL personal accountability.The Adam and Eve story is a metaphor for the reality of what it is to be human. It's you. You're like that. Take some accountability for it. Is the message.
How do you know it was meant to be a metaphor?
Is it also a metaphor for a God who created us with knowledge of our nature and condemns us for it?
