(July 24, 2014 at 5:54 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(July 22, 2014 at 1:27 am)ignoramus Wrote: Since we know the origins are the word of man, not god, what do you think the original authors were trying to convey?
How do you know that is the original story?
This shit is constantly edited throughout history.
The message "do what you're told" is sine qua non for the power structure. Helps keep the dolts in line.
Agree. Why would "any" subsequent author write that knowing it doesn't make much sense. Maybe they left it cryptic intentionally so as to be open for thought for all the fools to read it and think there's something "deep" and mysterious there which needs a lifetime of analysis to understand!
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
Know God, Know fear.