(July 21, 2014 at 1:00 am)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: It's not difficult, with objectivity, to understand that the Adam and Eve story depicts the worst sort of injustice. Even taking it at face value, look what we have going on here.
God tells A&E not to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. They did so anyway. God hands down some really harsh punishment, because to disobey God is to commit evil.
The pair immediately exhibit this knowledge upon eating the fruit. They are fearful of God and ashamed of their nudity. It is extremely obvious that they could not have understood it was wrong to disobey God until after doing it. So, they are being punished for doing something that they literally could not have known was wrong. Possessing that knowledge is, indeed, the very 'crime' for which they were punished!
Of course, it wasn't just them. All humanity has to suffer because of this 'sin'. And, just for one harmless transgression that caused absolutely no damage or loss to God. It is a maximal punishment for a minimal crime, and people continue to suffer the punishment for a 'sin' only two people committed.
Why did God do this? He knew they lacked the capacity to understand the consequences of their actions. He knew that they had no real concept of the free will they were using, as they had never really used it in any meaningful way before that.
But, it's even worse than that. Why did God create a serpent who could talk? No other animal in the Bible is ever depicted as having innate powers of human speech. In fact, there is only one other talking animal in the Bible, Balaam's donkey. Balaam's donkey couldn't speak on its own. God spoke through it. There was the bush which spoke to Moses, but that was also God speaking through an object that has no such capacity on its own. Satan isn't named as the serpent at any point in the Bible. Who else could it be but God, enticing his ignorant victims into disobeying his own orders?
How can this be defended as 'justice'? It's cruel and wicked and not resembling justice in the slightest. It does, however, make a 'savior' necessary, doesn't it?
The very first story of the Bible is nothing but a diabolical con by an evil monster, and it proves the fallacy of 'biblical free will': God gave it to you and will damn you for ever using it.
As an aside, Adam is depicted as doing nothing to dissuade Eve from taking the fruit, joining her in the 'crime' without argument, and blames Eve for everything when God calls them out on it, therefore demonstrating that he is weak-willed, passive and a total coward. So, why does God make Eve subservient to him, instead of the other way around? He's clearly the less-qualified of the two to be the dominant member of the couple.
The way people describe a story in the bible is better than any ink blot. It is even better than a mirror in that it exposes true intents that may be hiding under that fancy dress.
Who gave you free will?
Let me guess, you think you have something more of "something" than the rest of the universe? Clearly that is not possible.
