(October 11, 2014 at 5:30 am)fr0d0 Wrote: In the language of the story: people are imperfect. Our reasoning abilities (tree of knowledge of good and evil) separate us from living life for the moment. Christianity sets out to reverse that fact. Get us back into the garden to enjoy "life in all its fullness".
That is the most honest representation of Christianity I've ever see.
People have reasoning abilities that set them apart from the garden (read: primitive existence). Christianity wants to subvert that and take you back.