Garden of Eden was a setup...

[dyresand]

God is not what you think, and this part of the bible is mostly metaphorical. The fruit on the tree literally means KNOWLEDGE. As man evolved over time from various creatures and before that planets or stars we gained knowledge. Eventually we discovered how to kill those we love. Our own flesh and blood family and friends. We figured out that we are all alone and God is simply positivity and our higher selves. Satan is real, satan is the negative one. All forms of negativity the snake was symbolic of evil, go ahead gain the full knowledge of the universe it'll make you a GOD. Boom that's where they went wrong it was not God's fault but man's fault. The more knowledge we digest the harder it is to stay sane. You wonder why people have Alzheimer's and dementia some people are just too STRESSED. God is not some force that wants everything to be perfect. God is simply all that is. God is something but also nothing but satan is the biggest nothing. Satan is in the mind, evil and so is good, God. I hope you understand better now... I think I have it on good authority that what I tell you here is correct and true.

If you want to talk in terms of metaphor, the tree of knowledge of good and evil is not "KNOWLEDGE" but knowledge of "THE LAW" that which we are confined to....the bar that God has set that we consistently fail to achieve.
God is the self existent diety that created the universe that we live in and also he has the capacity to dwell within but is not of our universe.
Satan was Lucifer the most beautiful of Gods angelic creation, but decided he wanted to overthrow God and be God. Because of his pride he fell from Grace and became Satan the deceiver.
Our sin nature comes from two sources, original sin and natural sin (our flesh).
There is no amount of Knowledge that will ever make me God, through his word and as a result of Christ's death on the cross, I may know and have a relationship with God.
You are absolutely correct about it being man's fault that mankind is in the current predicament that it is in.

god created the universe that we live in? no religion got that wrong dead wrong.







what would be the point for god to challenge humanity by putting a bar so high that no one human can reach it. its pointless because in that system we would always ask for help and we would get help from him. so that bar god set is that high or we imagined it like we did god.

sin doesn't exist so the idea of eternal sin also doesn't exist. sin in of itself of good and bad do not exist. here is star wars logic. The darkside uses emotion and compassion while the jedi use stoicism and brute strength. if looked at like that you see what i am getting at.











there is many good people in the world religion is that at which is muddies peoples views and changes the hearts and minds of others and the one behind it preaches a false dichotomy.